Jerry Tachoir (born August 7, 1955) is a jazz

vibraphone The vibraphone is a percussion instrument in the metallophone family. It consists of tuned metal bars and is typically played by using mallets to strike the bars. A person who plays the vibraphone is called a ''vibraphonist,'' ''vibraharpist,' ...

and

marimba The marimba () is a musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden bars that are struck by mallets. Below each bar is a resonator pipe that amplifies particular harmonics of its sound. Compared to the xylophone, the timbre ...

performer, originally from

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. Tachoir has performed at jazz festivals and concert halls and, as an artist and clinician for the Tama/Bergerault company, presented jazz improvisation clinics and mallet master classes at colleges and universities in North America and Europe. A grammy nominated artist, Tachoir has numerous recordings released with his band, the Group Tachoir, and is the author of ''A Contemporary Mallet Method: An Approach to the Vibraphone and Marimba'', published through Riohcat Music.

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1955 births Living people American jazz percussionists American vibraphonists American marimbists {{percussionist-stub