Robert Maxon Harrington (January 30, 1912,
Marshfield, Wisconsin – August 20, 1983,
Kona, Hawaii)
was an American
jazz vibraphonist.
Harrington was also adept at
drum
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s and
piano in addition to vibraphone. He played with
Charlie Barnet in the early 1950s on piano, and worked with both
Red Nichols and
Bud Freeman that decade as a drummer. On vibraphone, he played with
Georgie Auld,
Buddy DeFranco,
Vido Musso,
Ben Webster,
Ann Richards, and
Harry Babasin's Jazzpickers. He released one solo
album, ''Vibraphone Fantasy in Jazz'', on
Imperial Records in 1957, which is now a collector's item.
Discography
As leader
* ''For Moderns Only'' with the
Jazzpickers (Mercury/EmArcy, 1957)
* ''Vibraphone Fantasy in Jazz with Bob Harrington'' (Imperial, 1957)
* ''Jazz a La Carte'' (Crown, 1963)
* ''Leachery without Treachery'' with the
Dirty Old Men
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* Dust: a gene ...
(Nocturne, 1969)
As sideman
*
Buddy Childers
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Biography ...
, ''Sam Songs'' (Liberty, 1956)
*
Bob Keene
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A native of Detroit, Keene attended McKenzie High School and played college football at the University of Detroit.
He played professional football in the Nati ...
, ''Bob Keene and His Orchestra'' (Fresh Sound 1988)
*
Jackie Kelso & Bill Hood, ''Dirty Old Men'' (Jazz Chronicles, 1970)
*
Ann Richards, ''
Two Much!
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'' (Capitol, 1960)
*
Steve White, ''Jazz Mad: The Unpredictable Steve White'' (Liberty, 1955)
References
*
Eugene Chadbourne,
Bob Harringtonat
AllMusic
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1912 births
1983 deaths
American jazz vibraphonists
Imperial Records artists