Word: vibraphonists
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...found she could catch them both on different nights.) It may be tourists getting so caught up in the music at the ethnic dances of the Texas Folklife Festival that they jump onstage with the costumed dancers. Or Jazz Vibraphonist Gary Burton performing in Boston's Copley Square during one of the seven concerts a day scattered across the city by Summerthing...
...BILL EVENS TRIO was the tightest set and it was apparent that these musicians had played together before. They gave a polished performance in which pianist Evans virtually outshone everyone at the jam session. The duet between Vibraphonist Gary Burton and Evans was one of the most outstanding sequences of the night and Evans's finale--a vibrating crescendoing run--concluded the best set of the night...
Otherwise the prevailing mood was one of joyful reunion. At Philharmonic Hall, Drummer Gene Krupa and Pianist Teddy Wilson came out to play with Vibraphonist Lionel Hampton, and they went Flying Home at the same dizzying speed as in the old days of the Benny Goodman Quartet. In the same hall on another night, the Herman Herd thundered once again as Woody Herman was reunited with such stars from his 1940s bands as Stan Getz, Flip Phillips and Red Norvo. At Carnegie Hall, the legendary Benny Carter led a group accurately labeled Swing Masters, including Veterans Harry Edison, Buddy Tate...