vibrophonist

English

Noun

vibrophonist

1. Misspelling of vibraphonist.
   • 1943 July 3, M. H. Orodenker, “On the Records”, in The Billboard: The World’s Foremost Amusement Weekly, section “Popular Albums”, page 60, columns 3–4:

     Sides date back to 1930 when the tromboning of Miff Mole was replaced by the team of Jack Teagarden and Glenn Miller, when Benny Goodman or Jimmy Dorsey played the clarinet solos, when Artie Schutt’s piano seat was taken over by Joe Sullivan, when Adrian Rollini, the vibrophonist today, introduced the bass sax on wax, when swing stars who all have made history in recent years used to be picked up, one by one, for the Five Pennies record sessions.

   • 1983 February 22, Mickey Zezzo, “4-in-hand: Two pairs of brothers boxing in Golden Gloves”, in Dayton Daily News, volume 106, number 165, Dayton, Oh., page 10, column 3:

     [Johnny] Lytle, one of the country’s leading jazz vibrophonists who often performs at Gilly’s, grew up with [Davey] Moore in Springfield and also was a Golden Gloves fighter.

   • 2003, Scott Stanton, “Benny Goodman”, in The Tombstone Tourist: Musicians, 2nd edition, Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 98:

     With such luminaries in his [Benny Goodman’s] group as drummer Gene Krupa, guitarist Charlie Christian, bassist Teddy Wilson, vibrophonist Lionel Hampton, and future band leader Harry James, it comes as no surprise that throughout his career he was referred to as the King of Swing.