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Hogwood then introduced the Modern Jazz Quartet--actually a trio, since Connie Kay, the group's drummer, was under medical observation. Their first piece, Blues in B, was composed by pianist John Lewis. This light arrangement, which emphasized Milt Jackson's vibraharp, seemed to waft through...

Author: By Daniel E. Markel, | Title: Modern Jazz Quartet Does Haydn | 2/27/1992 | See Source »

...absence of the Quartet's drummer made things that much worse. Traditional blues and jazz require drums. Period. Having to listen to the antiseptic sounds of a vibraharp, bass, and piano just doesn...

Author: By Daniel E. Markel, | Title: Modern Jazz Quartet Does Haydn | 2/27/1992 | See Source »

...spin-off from Gillespie, but it offered not so much as a toot. No sax, no horn, no clarinet. Instead there was a clean, nearly transparent sound made by piano, vibraharp, bass and drum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Gentlemen of Jazz | 12/9/1974 | See Source »

...There she goes! Miss A-mair-i-ca!" And so she usually went, as full of creamy sweetness as a marshmallow sundae, still tingling from her exertions on the vibraharp. This time, though the corn was still as high as Bert Parks's eye, somebody changed the stereotype in Atlantic City's Convention Hall. The diadem of Miss America 1966 went to Kansas' uncorny Deborah Bryant, 19, a brown-haired beauty who would look at home on the fashion pages of Town and Country. Eight pounds lighter (115) and one inch taller (5 ft. 7 in.) than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Sep. 24, 1965 | 9/24/1965 | See Source »

...muted, their moods refined, their rhythms subtle. They can swing, but seldom do. In Bach's A Minor Fugue they demonstrate delicate counterpoint, and in the Adagio from the Concierto de Aranjuez they conjure up a lavender twilight as the guitar gently punctures the lingering ring of the vibraharp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Dec. 4, 1964 | 12/4/1964 | See Source »

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