Dreamy vibraphone and/or marimba music

aw man :(

khan jamal really nailed a particular sweet spot for me. Everything I’ve heard by him is pretty sublime, he floats on this dreamy spiritual jazz cloud, very sunshiny and capable of really haunting tracks which hint at some kind of vast longing and loneliness. “Lovely afternoon” from his INFINITY album is very um lovely but also had this somewhat late night noirish undercurrent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mjd2VOGaLKs

He has this great album from 1987 (first one I heard), Thinking of You, which manages to avoid some ‘80s jazz pitfalls while at the same time using newer sounds. Synth washes on the title track with vibes is an unexpectedly intoxicating mix.

I've always been partial to "The Traveller", which I had long assumed was from like 1973, but discogs says it's from 1986.
Very late night noirish:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89t6pE91tN4

Walt Dickerson, folks, THE MAN

dude cut his sticks in half so he could play closer to the rack and therefore faster… also soaked his mallets in some special solution to dampen the sound and make them “dreamier” and less harsh

Sun Ra on piano iirc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtBtuvq581U

their duo record is a tad somnambulant for my tastes, but I really like this album. Never seen the movie