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Dave Pike, American vibraphone player and songwriter (born 1938)
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Dave Pike
American jazz vibraphone and marimba player (1938–2015)
David Samuel Pike was an American jazz vibraphone and marimba player. He appeared on many albums by Nick Brignola, Paul Bley and Kenny Clarke, Bill Evans, and Herbie Mann. He also recorded extensively as leader, including a number of albums on MPS Records.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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The vibraphone is a percussion instrument in the metallophone family. It consists of tuned metal bars and is typically played by using mallets to strike the bars. A person who plays the vibraphone is called a vibraphonist, vibraharpist, or vibist.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)