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SLEEVE: NM MEDIA: NM- YEAR: 1988 ORIGIN: Japan EXTRAS: Obi with insert
Vibraphonist Terry Gibbs is known for his electric, high energy jazz with the Gibbs Quartet and the Terry Gibbs Dream Band. Vibes on Velvet shows a softer side of Terry Gibbs.
Producer Bob Shad had a contract to produce an album with Gibbs. Shad's idea was to feature the vibraphonist with a string section and capitalize on the commercial success that the Charlie Parker with Strings recordings had achieved.
Gibbs, never one to copy someone else, convinced Shad that the album should feature himself with five saxophones and a rhythm section with Manny Albam crafting the arrangements. The resulting album, Vibes on Velvet, recorded in 1955, included regular members of the Gibbs Quartet: Terry Pollard on piano, Jerry Segal on drums, and Herman Wright on bass, along with guitarist Turk Van Lake.