Terry Gibbs
Terry Gibbs
Latest Release
- Reading Room, Vol. 7 - The Quiet Bistro Sessions
- May 2026
- • 12 Songs
Top Songs
| 1 | The Hippie Twist | ||
| 2 | Let's Do It | ||
| 3 | Two Sparkling Eyes | ||
| 4 | Down by the Riverside | ||
| 5 | Shaine Une Zees (Pretty & Sweet) |
Albums
Oct 2025 • 10 songs
Nov 2024 • 18 songs
Jun 2022 • 8 songs
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About
Biography
One of the most hyper of all jazzmen (even his ballads are taken mostly double time), Terry Gibbs is a consistently exciting and competitive vibraphonist. As a xylophonist, he won an amateur contest when he was 12. After spending three years in the military during World War II, Gibbs played on 52nd Street, gigged with Tommy Dorsey (1946 and 1948), Chubby Jackson (touring Scandinavia during 1947-1948), Buddy Rich (1948), Woody Herman's Second Herd (1948-1949), and Benny Goodman (1950-1952). Gibbs settled in Los Angeles in 1957, worked in the studios, led jazz orchestras (his la...