Ueli Staub
Ueli Staub (;; 1 January 1934 – 9 April 2012) was a Swiss vibraphonist, journalist, and photographer. Staub was the founder of the "Metronome Quartet" (later "Metronome Quintet"), along with Swiss pianist Martin Hugelshofer (born 13 July 1933, in Zürich), whom were both graduate students at the time. Life. Staub was a self-taught vibraphonist. He founded the "Metronome Quartet" with Martin Hugelshofer in 1953, which he played internationally from 1979–2001. He also played for the "Robi Weber Quartet", "Five Blazers", and "Swiss All Stars". He also recorded an album with British saxophone and piano player Dennis Armitage (1928–2005). Staub  married Margrit Staub-Hadorn in 1978, a Swiss TV announcer, presenter and author (1941–2007). He also published two books (and was involved in one more): Staub also worked as a journalist, specifically for the Swiss "Neue Zürcher Zeitung", about music. Metronome Quintet. In 1957, Swiss musician Bruno Spoerri (born 16 August 1935) joined the "Metronome Quartet", which became "Metronome Quintet", until 1975 when he left. His arrival marked a new era in the group, as even when he left another musician became a member, and so it always remained a quintet until its end in 2013. His arrival was also  the beginning of the groups touring in Europe, and later in Japan in the Expo '70 in 1970. Discography. Posthumous release (album). "Discography here available at discogs.com (31 August 2019)"