Warren Chiasson (born April 17, 1934) is a Canadian jazz vibraphonist who is a pioneer of the four-mallet vibraphone technique.
Career
Chiasson was born in Nova Scotia and moved to New York City in 1959. He played with George Shearing from 1959 to 1961 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. He had a long-running duo with Chuck Wayne.
