Eldad Tarmu

Eldad Tarmu (born 1960) is a vibraphonist and composer born in Los Angeles, California. Between 2005 and 2009 he was a professor of Jazz Studies at the Richard Oschanitzky Jazz School at Tibiscus University in Timişoara, Romania. In 2006, he established a partnership with the American Cultural Center in Bucharest to improve cultural ties between Romania and the U.S. and to promote American music.

Biography

Tarmu studied at Tel Aviv University in Israel. He received a graduate degree in Afro-Latin music from California State University Los Angeles, and graduate degrees in Classical Composition and Jazz from Stony Brook University in New York.

Career

Tarmu has worked with Ron Affif, Ray Anderson, Mike Clark, Billy Higgins, Freddie Hubbard, Taj Mahal, Frank Morgan, Poncho Sanchez, Cybill Shepherd, and Ernie Watts. He has performed in over twenty-five countries in various festivals and concert tours.

His album Get Up Close was number 20 on the U.S. Jazz radio charts for four weeks.^[1] His first chamber music album, Songs for the Queen of Bohemia, while jazz-oriented, features a string quartet from the Timisoara Philharmonic and drummer Yoni Halevy.^[2] This eclectic project crosses jazz and Middle Eastern with chamber ensemble arrangements.

Discography

• Aluminum Forest (USA, 1998)^[3]
• Get Up Close (Rhombus, 2001)^[4][5]
• Visits (Fever Pitch, 2003)
• Exotic Tales (Verytall, 2005)
• Songs for the Queen of Bohemia (Queen of Bohemia, 2009)
• Stained Glass Stories (Queen of Bohemia, 2017)^[6]

References

Further reading

• Eldad Tarmu's Flying South Latin Jazz Ensemble.(music group)(Artículo breve) - Latin Beat Magazine | HighBeam Research (subscription required)
• Los Angeles Times: Archives - Valley Life; jazz riffs; Melody Maker; Vibraphonist Eldad Tarmu plays ear-friendly standards and originals (subscription required)