Red Norvo born as Kenneth Norville, on 31 March 31 1908, Beardstown Illinois and he died on April 6 1999 at Santa Monica California. He was a Xylophonist, vibraphonist and a bandleader. Norvo was not only first to make a jazz instrument of the xylophone, but also an unusually adventurous musician, one of those who realized that the 'swing band' was an ensemble for which good music could be written.

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