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vibraphone

[vahy-bruh-fohn] / ˈvaɪ brəˌfoʊn /


NOUN
xylophone
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Squeezing past a set of congas he came to his signature instrument – the vibraphone.

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

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

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

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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