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Artist
Eldad Tarmu
12+ albums
chamber jazz
about
Los Angeles born American vibraphonist and composer of Israeli origin Eldad Tarmu is currently based in the New York area after four years as a professor of Jazz Studies at the "Richard Oschanitzky" Jazz School of Tibiscus University, in Timisoara, Romania. He holds a Masters Degree in Afro-Latin music from California State University Los Angeles, where he studied with Latin Jazz pianist Paul de Castro. He also holds a doctorate in Jazz Performance from Stony Brook University. He has recorded and performed with some of the most significant figures in their musical genres including: Poncho Sanchez, Ernie Watts, Taj Mahal, Cybil Shepherd, Freddie Hubbard, Billie Higgins, Frank Morgan and Ron Affif. He has performed in more than twenty-five countries around the world in various festivals and concert tours. He has recorded seven albums in his own name:Aluminum Forest, Get Up Close, Transatlantic Cool Down, Exotic Tales, Visits, Farewell St. George, Songs for the Queen of Bohemia. Get Up Close was number 20 on the US Jazz radio charts for four straight weeks. His latest CD, Songs For The Queen Of Bohemia, features a string quartet from the Banatul Philharmonic in Timisoara and Israeli drummerYoni Halevy. This eclectic project crosses jazz and Middle Eastern with chamber music. Tarmu is currently collaborating with European philharmonic orchestras in a series of original symphonic jazz projects. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additiona
