vibraphone
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Origin of vibraphone
First recorded in 1925–30; from Latin vibrā(re) “to shake” + -phone
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He studied vibraphone and percussion and began incorporating Latin jazz into his own music, recording his first two albums.
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2025
The Modern Jazz Quartet remade “Summertime” as elegant chamber music, weaving piano and vibraphone in transparent counterpoint.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
When Puts reaches for percussion instruments, he chooses the sweeter ones — glockenspiel, crotales, chimes, vibraphone — and combines them luxuriously.
From New York Times ● May 6, 2024
The riches haven’t materialized yet, DeBardi stressed, as he listed the instruments — everything from a vibraphone to timpanis to guitars — he bought on the cheap when he had “like, $300 to my name.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 16, 2024
Music historians will always remember him as the man who introduced the vibraphone into jazz.
From 100 New Yorkers of the 1970s by Max Millard
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