Occupation(s) Vibraphonist Role Musical Artist Instruments Vibraphone Genres Jazz | Years active 1959-present Record label Audiophile Records Name Warren Chiasson | |
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Origin New York City, New York, United States Labels Van Los, Audiophile, Empathy Albums Good Vibes for Kurt Weill, Quartessence Similar People Don Friedman, George Shearing, Tal Farlow, Al Cohn, Nancy Wilson | ||
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Warren Chiasson (born April 17, 1934, Cheticamp) is a Canadian jazz vibraphonist who is a pioneer of the four-mallet vibraphone technique.
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- Under the mistletoe perf by warren chiasson jazz vibes arrangement version 2
- Double Vibes An Afternoon with Warren Chiasson
- Discography
- References
Chiasson was born in Nova Scotia and moved to New York City in 1959. He played with George Shearing from 1959–61 and then split off to form his own group, though he did also play with Chet Baker and Tal Farlow. He played vibes in New York through the 1960s and spent four years playing percussion for the Broadway musical Hair. In 1972 he played with Shearing again and also released a record under his own name. In the mid-1970s he toured with Roberta Flack.
Chiasson played on the B.B. King album Blues 'n Jazz, which won a Grammy Award in 1984. Other work as a session musician includes recordings with Hank Crawford, Les McCann, Helen Ward, and Chuck Wayne. He played at the 1988 50th anniversary of From Spirituals to Swing at Carnegie Hall; when Lionel Hampton was unable to perform, Chiasson filled in opposite Benny Goodman.
Double Vibes - An Afternoon with Warren Chiasson
Discography
With Les McCann
With George Shearing
With Harold Vick