The keys are aranged in a circular array, and even though this may not be the most effective method of robotizing the vibraphone, the robotics club wanted to create a unique piece of art.

Recordings, important though they are, do not come close to capturing the extraordinary tintinnabulation of Jason Adasiewicz’s vibraphone. You have to be in the room to fully perceive the sound ...

Every key has a solenoid positioned below it. The beauty here is that other than four small holes used for mounting, the vibraphone hasn’t been altered at all.

Jazz-funk pioneer Roy Ayers died Tuesday in New York. The vibraphonist, known for his often-sampled 1976 album “Everybody Loves the Sunshine,” died after a long illness and a “beautiful 84 ...

Dave Pike, a bebop-style jazz musician who pioneered the amplified vibraphone, died Saturday in Del Mar. He was 77. A smoker since his teens, Pike had emphysema, said his wife, Brooke Eisenberg-Pike.

The vibraphone: 37 cold metal bars sitting on top of aluminum resonators. Not the ideal vehicle for artistic creativity. Yet that is the very thing about the instrument which amazes me — how, ...

He'll perform in Birmingham on Jan. 25 at the Alys Stephens Center, with Chick Corea and the Harlem String Quartet.