Jazz Articles about Jean Vanasse

Jean Vanasse: Vibraphonist Unsurpassed

by Robert J. Lewis
April 9, 2009

For most people it is impossible to be equally disposed toward all musical instruments and their generic sound; some immediately resonate, others never, even over an entire lifetime. A musician who manages to win over those previously indifferent or worse--through the power of sound, invention or understanding of the possibilities of the instrument--is to be ranked among the select few who significantly expand our musical horizons.

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