Warren Vaché
Warren Vaché Jr. He came from a musical family as his father was a bassist. In 1976, he released his first album.
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Warren Vaché

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- Name
- Warren Vaché
- Birthplace
- Rahway, New Jersey, U.S.
- Born
- 21 February 1951
- Occupation
- Musician
- Nationality
- United States
- Fields
- jazz · crossover jazz
- Education
- Rahway High School
- Languages
- English
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Warren Vaché Jr. He came from a musical family as his father was a bassist. In 1976, he released his first album.
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Warren Vaché (born 1951) is an American musician and trumpeter. The musician was born in Rahway. Warren Vaché studied at Rahway High School.
Genres include crossover jazz and jazz. Languages used include English.
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Biography
Biography
He has often worked with Scott Hamilton and has some popularity among swing audiences. Born and raised in Rahway, New Jersey, Vaché graduated from Rahway High School, where he played in the marching band. Father is Warren Vaché Sr., who was a jazz double-bassist. His brother Allan Vaché is also a musician.
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• Name — Warren Vaché • Birthplace — Rahway, New Jersey, U.S. • Born — 21 February 1951 • Genre — Jazz • Occupation — Musician • Instrument — * Trumpet • cornet • flugelhorn • Label — * Muse • Arbors • Website — www.warrenvache.com • Illustration — Warren Vaché Jr. at the JVC Newport Jazz Festival
As leader
As leader
• First Time Out (Monmouth Evergreen, 1976) • Blues Walk (Dreamstreet, 1978) • Jillian (Concord Jazz, 1979) • Polished Brass (Concord Jazz, 1979) • Skyscrapers (Concord Jazz, 1980) with Scott Hamilton • Iridescence (Concord Jazz, 1981) • Midtown Jazz (Concord Jazz. 1982) • Easy Going (Concord Jazz, 1986) • Warm Evenings (Concord, 1989) with The Beaux Arts String Quartet • Horn of Plenty (Muse, 1994) • Talk To Me Baby (Muse, 1996) • Warren Plays Warren with Kenny Drew Jr., Jimmy Cobb, Randy Sandke (Nagel-Heyer, 1996) • An Affair to Remember with Brian Lemon (Zephyr, 1997) • Shine with Tony Coe, Alan Barnes, Brian Lemon (Zephyr, 1997) • What Is There to Say? with Joe Puma, Murray Wall, Eddie Locke (Nagel-Heyer, 1999) • 2gether (Nagel-Heyer, 2000) with Bill Charlap • The Best Thing for You (Nagel-Heyer, 2001) • The Warren Vache Quintet Remembers Benny Carter (Arbors, 2015) • Songs Our Fathers Taught Us (Arbors, 2019)
As sideman
As sideman
With Howard Alden • The Howard Alden Trio Plus Special Guests Ken Peplowski & Warren Vache (Concord, 1989) • I Remember Django (Arbors, 2010) With Benny Carter • Benny Carter Songbook (MusicMasters, 1996) • Benny Carter Songbook Volume II (MusicMasters, 1997) With Benny Goodman • Live at Carnegie Hall 40th Anniversary Concert (London, 1978) With Houston Person • So Nice (HighNote, 2011) • Rain or Shine (HighNote, 2017) With Bucky Pizzarelli • Five for Freddie (Arbors, 2007) With André Previn • What Headphones? (Angel, 1993) With George Shearing • George Shearing in Dixieland (Concord, 1989) With George Wein • Wein, Women and Song and More, George Wein Plays and Sings (Arbors)
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Identity
Warren Vaché is recorded with the occupation jazz musician. Recorded as a citizen of United States. Classed in the genre crossover jazz.
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Life and career
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1951
Warren Vaché was born on 21 February 1951.
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- “Warren Vaché Jr.”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.Colin Larkin. The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz. Guinness Publishing. 406. 1992. 0-85112-580-8.
- 2.Down Beat Artists Profile. Downbeat.com.
- 3.Warren Vaché | Biography & History. AllMusic.
- 4.Dudas, Margaret A. "Jazz man heading back to his roots", The Star-Ledger, February 22, 1996. Accessed March 29, 2025, via Newspapers.com. "The Union County Arts Center is nothing new to cornetist Warren Vache Jr., who was born in Rahway Hospital, graduated from Rahway High School with a letter in marching band and celebrated his 45th birthday yesterday."
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