A musician who became a bandleader playing this instrument featured Bob Cranshaw on his album The Village Caller!, released shortly before his standard “The Loop.” A player of this instrument performed his “Dance of the Octopus” as part of a trio with Tal Farlow and Charles Mingus. Johnny Lytle and Red Norvo played this instrument, also played by a composer who, with John Coltrane, wrote the standard “The Late, Late Blues.” A player of this instrument referenced his characteristic facial features in the track (*) “Bags’ Groove.” This was the primary instrument of a musician who, while with Benny Goodman's band, co-wrote “Flying Home.” Gary Burton pioneered a “four mallet” technique for this instrument played by Milt Jackson and Lionel Hampton. A dampening bar and electric motor control the pitch of, for 10 points, what resonating percussion instrument? ■END■
ANSWER: vibraphone [or vibes; or vibraharp; prompt on mallets; reject “xylophone” or “marimba”]
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