Kenny Baker

I miss being able to play my instruments - I'm too much of a physical wreck these days. Playing the vibraphone gives me backache, leg ache, and everything-else ache, and the asthma means I no longer have enough puff to play harmonica.

British Actor

Vidyasagar

I joined my father for recordings when I was 11 or so. By then, I could play a dozen instruments. My first professional recording was around that time. I played the vibraphone for Shankar-Ganesh in a Tamil film.

Indian Composer

Gary Burton

I was surprised when I finally moved to Boston and the East Coast, to discover that there weren't that many vibraphone players around. And I was the only one playing with four mallets.

American Musician

Evelyn Glennie

Marimba is much more of a wood-type experience and there is no real possibility of getting a dry sound, and getting that contrast in the same way that you can in a vibraphone.

Scottish Musician

Vibraphone is found in jazz, classical and pop music, often for unique, mellow sounds.

Musical Context

Don't confuse a vibraphone with a xylophone; they sound different and have distinct bars.

Not a Xylophone

The vibraphone blends well with other instruments in an orchestra or band.

Instruments Blend

 and watch. So I did. And every time my brain operated in that healthy threshold, I got a little run of harp or vibraphone music.