Are the vibes good? These tracks by Milt Jackson, Lionel Hampton, Roy Ayers and others, chosen by 12 musicians and writers, should convince you. By Giovanni Russonello We’re living in the era of ...

Not many jazz musicians can boast of a career as distinguished and diverse as the late Roy Ayers. A vibraphonist by trade, Ayers wore many hats: improviser, composer, record producer and band leader, ...

Lionel Hampton, the irrepressible bandleader who played with an infectious joy that captivated fans around the world and, in the process, gave the vibraphone a lasting place on the jazz bandstand, ...

Red Norvo played the vibes while leading his own band during the swing era and grew into smaller groups in the forties and fifites once the practicality of leading a large ensemble became too much. He ...

An acclaimed vibraphonist, Bobby Hutcherson has been leading recording sessions since 1965, and recently released his 2007 album, For Sentimental Reasons. Now his 1971 album Head On (Blue Note/EMI) is ...

Jazz vibraphone great Gary Burton joins us, on a unique instrument and an unusual life. Jazzman Gary Burton performs with vibraphone during his concert with Makoto Ozone at the Stravinski hall stage ...

Five thousand years ago, the giant Kuafu set out from the East in an impossible pursuit of the Sun. In his endless chase, says the Chinese classic Shan Hai Jing, he swallowed up all the waters of the ...

New recordings from Patricia Brennan and Simon Moullier further advance the vibraphone’s emergence as an essential instrument in contemporary jazz. Martin Johnson ...

Bobby Hutcherson, a vibraphonist whose improvising and composition helped to define modernity for jazz as a whole, has died. He had long struggled with emphysema. He was 75. As a mallet percussionist, ...