Terry Gibbs (1924 - ) is an American jazz vibraphonist and band leader. Jazz master Louis Armstrong remains one of the most loved and best known of all jazz musicians. ... A musician who plays the vibraphone, typically in the jazz idiom. ... A Bandleader is the director of a band of musicians. ...

He has performed and/or recorded with Tommy Dorsey, Chubby Jackson, Buddy Rich, Woody Herman, Benny Goodman, Louie Bellson, Charlie Shavers, Mel Torme, Buddy DeFranco, and others. Gibbs also worked in the film and TV studios in Los Angeles. He, as an instrumentalist, and his big band, The Dream Band, have won prestigious polls, such as those of downbeat and Metronome. Tommy Dorsey (November 19, 1905–November 26, 1956) was a jazz trombonist in the Big Band era. ... The tone of this article is inappropriate for an encyclopedia. ... Woodrow Charles Herman (May 16, 1913–October 29, 1987), better known as Woody Herman, was an American jazz clarinetist, alto and soprano saxophonist, singer, and Big band leader. ... Benny Goodman, born Benjamin David Goodman, (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was a famous Jazz musician, known as King of Swing, Patriarch of the Clarinet, and Swings Senior Statesman. // Childhood and early years Goodman was born in Chicago, the son of poor Jewish immigrants who lived on Chicago... Luigi Paulino Alfredo Francesco Antonio Balassoni (born in Rock Falls, Illinois 1924), who performed as Louie Bellson, is an American jazz drummer. ... Charlie James Shavers (August 3, 1917 to July 8, 1971) was a swing era jazz trumpet player who played at one time or another with Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge, Johnny Dodds, Jimmy Noone, Sidney Bechet and Billie Holiday. ... Mel Tormé (September 13, 1925 - June 5, 1999) was a jazz singer with a light, velvety, high-tenor voice. ... Buddy DeFranco (born 1923) is a jazz clarinet player. ... This article is about the largest city in California. ... Down Beat is an American magazine devoted to jazz. ...

Gibbs has written his autobiography, Good Vibes: A Life in Jazz, with Cary Ginell.

External links

• Terry Gibbs: Biography
• Terry Gibbs