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vibraphone

[vahy-bruh-fohn] / ˈvaɪ brəˌfoʊn /


NOUN
xylophone
Synonyms


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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 song moves briskly but gently until an urgency takes hold, when bass and vibraphone build a growing fury that spills into Mr. Wilkins’s playing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025

They became his weapon of choice after picking up the vibraphone as a Thomas Jefferson High School student at age 17.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2025

It was probably the drone on the vibraphone and the birdlike chirping on flutes that induced me into a trance.

From New York Times • Mar. 6, 2024

Music historians will always remember him as the man who introduced the vibraphone into jazz.

From 100 New Yorkers of the 1970s by Millard, Max