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vibraphone

[vahy-bruh-fohn] / ˈvaɪ brəˌfoʊn /


NOUN
xylophone
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But the track has a notable omission: the very instrument Roy Ayers was known for, the vibraphone.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026

Immanuel Wilkins’s alto saxophone and Joel Ross’s vibraphone initially function as dual narrators.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 25, 2025

Ayers began playing the piano at the age of five and went on to play several instruments and sing in the church choir before plumping for the vibraphone.

From BBC ● 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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