vibraphone

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

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

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 Millard, Max