Here's a rare treat: a solo performance from six-time Grammy-winning vibraphonist Gary Burton. In his 50-year recording career, Burton has recorded in many different group configurations and made duo ...

This concert could be as much fun to watch as it is to hear. Picture the soloist moving between two rather large wooden instruments — a marimba and a vibraphone. He’s using a mallet, but sometimes he ...

Gary Burton revolutionized the vibraphone. Known for his four-mallet technique, he expanded the instrument’s range, creating ...

Crystalline metaphors seem appropriate for these two albums, which are colored by the combination of each leader's flute with a mallet instrument. The blend of the flute and vibraphone or marimba ...

Gary Burton, by any measure, is one of the most important jazz musicians of his generation. As a player, Burton pioneered the four-mallet approach on vibes that allowed the instrument to be played ...

Andrew Ford: Well we heard the vibraphone of Gary Burton at the top of today's show, playing 'Crystal Silence' with Chick Corea, and there he was again on the title track of the album that he made in ...

WARREN CHIASSON ALL-STARS at Lula Lounge (1585 Dundas West), Wednesday (December 28), 9 pm. $16 advance. And WARREN CHIASSON LATIN JAZZ NIGHT at Lula Lounge, December 29, 9 pm. $16 advance.

Descending into the mildly claustrophobic Spokane Valley basement of Creative Music Learning Center isn't an experience that screams pop music. Sitting unassumingly along Sprague Avenue's commercial ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. It is only since the middle of the 20th century that percussionists have taken off as the soloists in concertos ...

There may be no better way to consider a new piece by an established composer than in the context of his earlier works. That's especially true when the new music marks a departure as intriguing as ...

Legendary Los Angeles punk band X is staging one of its occasional reunions this weekend in Orange County. The band hasn’t put out a new record in years, but its founding members stay busy with a host ...