Timothy Reginald Warfield Jr. (born July 2, 1965, in

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) is an American

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tenor saxophonist.

Early life

Warfield picked up alto saxophone when he was nine years old, and switched to tenor when he was a teenager at William Penn Senior High School. After two years at

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he became a jazz musician full-time.

Career

He worked with

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, the Tough Young Tenors, and Jazz Futures in the early 1990s, and played with

Shirley Scott Shirley Scott (March 14, 1934 – March 10, 2002) was an American jazz organist. Her music was noted for its mixture of bebop, blues and gospel elements. She was known by the nickname "Queen of the Organ". Life and career Scott was born in Ph ...

in the house band for

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's show ''

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''. Later in the 1990s he worked with Jimmy Smith,

Christian McBride Christian McBride (born May 31, 1972) is an American jazz bassist, composer and arranger. He has appeared on more than 300 recordings as a sideman, and is an eight-time Grammy Award winner. McBride has performed and recorded with a number of j ...

, and

Nicholas Payton Nicholas Payton (born September 26, 1973) is an American trumpet player and multi-instrumentalist. A Grammy Award winner, he is from New Orleans, Louisiana. He is also a prolific and provocative writer who comments on a multitude of subjects, inc ...

; other associations include work with

Donald Byrd Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II (December 9, 1932 – February 4, 2013) was an American jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist. A sideman for many other jazz musicians of his generation, Byrd was one of the few hard bop m ...

, Michele Rosewoman, Dizzy Gillespie,

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, Charles Fambrough,

Orrin Evans Orrin Evans (born 28 March 1975) is an American jazz pianist. Evans was born in Trenton, New Jersey and raised in Philadelphia.Lutz, Phillip. "Orrin Evans The Instigator." ''Downbeat'' 81.11 (2014): 42-45. Print. He attended Rutgers University, ...

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, and

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. Warfield is a member of the

Terell Stafford Terell Stafford (born November 25, 1966) is a professional jazz trumpet player and current Director of Jazz Studies at the Boyer College of Music and Dance at Temple University. Terell Stafford was born in Miami, Florida, and raised in both Ch ...

quintet. He is an assistant professor with the Boyer College of Music and Dance at

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, as well as an artist in residence at

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. Warfield is a member of The Central Pennsylvania Friends of Jazz non-profit organization, and Governor

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appointed him as a member of the

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in 2018.

Discography

* ''A Cool Blue'', (

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, 1995), with

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Tarus Mateen Tarus Mateen, also known as Taurus Mateen and Tarus Dorsey Kinch (born October 21, 1967, Bakersfield, California) is an American double-bass and electric bassist, who works in jazz, pop, and R&B idioms.Gary W. Kennedy, "Tarus Mateen". '' The Ne ...

, and

Clarence Penn Clarence Lacquese Penn (born March 2, 1968) is an American jazz drummer and composer. Early life Penn was born in Detroit on March 2, 1968.Kennedy, Gary W"Clarence Penn" ''The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz'' (2nd edition). Grove Music Online. Ox ...

* ''A Whisper in the Midnight'' (Criss Cross Jazz, 1996), with Stafford,

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, Chestnut, Mateen, and Penn * ''Gentle Warrior'' (Criss Cross Jazz, 1998), with Chestnut, Mateen, Penn, Stafford, and Nicholas Payton * ''Jazz Is...'' (Criss Cross Jazz, 2002), with Penn, Chestnut, Payton, Harris, and Mateen * ''One for Shirley'' (Criss Cross Jazz, 2008) * ''A Sentimental Journey'' (Criss Cross Jazz, 2010) * ''Tim Warfield's Jazzy Christmas'' (Undaunted Music, 2012) * ''Eye of the Beholder'' (Criss Cross Jazz, 2013) * ''Inspire Me'' (

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, 2013) * ''Spherical'' (Criss Cross Jazz, 2015), dedicated to

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* ''Jazzland'' (Criss Cross Jazz, 2018)

As sideman

* Nicholas Payton, ''Dear Louis'' ( Verve, 2001) * Stefon Harris, ''The Grand Unification Theory'' (

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, 2003) * Nicholas Payton, ''Sonic Trance'' (

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, 2003)

References

External links

Official website
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