Artist Info: Teddy Charles

Teddy Charles (Theodore Charles Cohen, Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, April 13, 1928 - April 16, 2012) was an American jazz musician and composer whose instruments were the vibraphone, piano, and drums.
He studied at Juilliard School of Music as a percussionist. Later he began to record and made personal appearances as Teddy Cohen with bands as a vibraphonist, writing, arranging and producing records, in 1951 changing his last name to Charles.

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