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Who is Tiffoo?

When someone posts a 'Who Is' they're asking about someone on the site. Inviting them to tell their story. When you get a 'Who Is', it's optional but would be nice to share a little about yourself with us.

Who is vibraman?

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HERE'S VIBRAMAN'S REPLY
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in my case its really simple to tell.

dear tony,
maybe it would be nice if you give us a little bit of information about you. from the site i only know a few things. but i would like to know about your musical background...where did you study, how you came to the vibes,do you play drums also, your teachers etc.

on the site there are some bio´s of some great vibe players but i am missing yours "the chief" of the site...you should fix that!

Here's some of the Teddy Charles talk on the site.

If you find that I missed something please post it in the comments with the title 'Update Teddy Charles' and I'll add to this.

There's a been a lot of talk on the site centering around Tango and Gary Burton. Gary has posted a few comments about all this.

So I've organized some of it here in one place. Check the links out above.

If I've missed anything, please post in the comments below and I'll update all this.

Reading the posts about Teddy Charles reminded me of my own relatively short but equally intense time of study with this great jazz iconoclast and master vibes player. When I was at Juilliard in the 60's, my teacher, Morris Goldenberg, decided at one point that it would be more appropriate for me to study with another teacher. I was already getting into jazz vibraphone and Moe was mainly a studio xylophone-percussion player. Don't get me wrong, he was great at what he did but he recognized that I needed something else that he couldn't give me, so what did he do?

Thanks everybody for the birthday greeting. I was touched and would have hugged every one of you(especially Tony and Joe! Thanks guys!!!) had we been within arms reach. It was a difficult birthday because I was in Barcelona for a workshop which I had to cancel because I got the flu on the 2nd day! So I spent 4 days in Bed, flew back to Berlin, saw Tony's email and checked out the site! That really cheered me up!!!

Best to all of you!

David

Birthday Cake
We all wish David Friedman a happy birthday.

I know I'm honored to have him here at vibesworkshop.com! What an honor for all of us to be able to chat and learn from him. He has been so kind to offer his time and energy and knowledge here.

Thank you so much David! Happy Birthday - (Tony Miceli)

(btw-Joe tipped me off!!!)

Hey guys, thought i would offer another tune for vibesworkshop! hope you enjoy!

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