Gibbs at the Village Jazz Lounge in Walt Disney World (photo by Laura Kolb)

Terry Gibbs (born 1924) is an American jazz vibraphonist and band leader. Walt Disney World Resort is the most visited and largest recreational resort in the world containing four Theme parks two Water parks twenty-three themed hotels The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States Notable players of the Vibraphone include Roy Ayers Karl Berger Jeff Berman Austin Billings A bandleader is the leader of a band of Musicians The term is most commonly though not exclusively used with a group that plays Popular music as

He has performed and/or recorded with Tommy Dorsey, Chubby Jackson, Buddy Rich, Woody Herman, Benny Goodman, Louie Bellson, Charlie Shavers, Mel Tormé, Buddy DeFranco, and others. Tommy Dorsey ( November 19 1905 &ndash November 26 1956) was an American Jazz Trombonist, Trumpeter Greig Stewart 'Chubby' Jackson ( October 25 1918 – October 1 2003) was an American Jazz Double-bassist and Bernard "Buddy" Rich ( September 30 1917 &ndash April 2 1987) was an American jazz drummer and Bandleader Woodrow Charles Herman ( May 16 1913 &ndash October 29 1987) better known as Woody Herman, was an American Jazz Luigi Paulino Alfredo Francesco Antonio Balassoni (born 6 July 1924) better known by the Stage name Louie Bellson (his own preferred spelling Charlie James Shavers ( August 3, 1920 to July 8, 1971) was a swing era Jazz Trumpet player who played at one Melvin Howard Tormé ( September 13, 1925 &ndash June 5, 1999) nicknamed The Velvet Fog, was an American musician known as Boniface Ferdinand Leonard "Buddy" DeFranco (born February 17, 1923 in Camden New Jersey) is a Jazz Clarinet player Gibbs also worked in the film and TV studios in Los Angeles. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West He was a popular guest on "The Steve Allen Show" on television in the late 1960s where he regularly played lively vibraphone duets with the entertainer and composer. Steve Allen, born Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen ( December 26 1921 – October 30 2000) was an American He also appeared on "Steve Allen's 75th Birthday Celebration" PBS-TV special in the United States in 1997. As an instrumentalist, together with his big band The Dream Band, Gibbs has won prestigious polls, such as those of Downbeat and Metronome. Down Beat is an American Magazine devoted to "jazz blues and beyond" to indicate its expansion beyond the jazz realm which it covered exclusively

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

Select Discography

• Bopstacle Course (1974; Xanadu Records)

External links

• Terry Gibbs