Warren Vaché Jr. (born February 21, 1951) is an American

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trumpeter, cornetist, and flugelhornist. He came from a musical family as his father was a bassist. In 1976, he released his first album. He has often worked with Scott Hamilton and has some popularity among swing audiences. Born and raised in

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, Vaché graduated from

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, where he played in the marching band.Dudas, Margaret A
"Jazz man heading back to his roots"
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'', February 22, 1996. Accessed March 29, 2025, via

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. "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." Warren Vaché's father is Warren Vaché Sr., who was a jazz double-bassist. His brother Allan Vaché is also a musician.

Discography

As leader

* ''First Time Out'' (Monmouth Evergreen, 1976) * ''Blues Walk'' (Dreamstreet, 1978) * ''Jillian'' (

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, 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'' (

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, 1994) * '' Talk To Me Baby'' (Muse, 1996) * ''Warren Plays Warren'' with Kenny Drew Jr.,

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, Randy Sandke ( Nagel-Heyer, 1996) * ''An Affair to Remember'' with Brian Lemon (Zephyr, 1997) * ''Shine'' with

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, Alan Barnes, Brian Lemon (Zephyr, 1997) * ''What Is There to Say?'' with

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, Murray Wall, Eddie Locke (Nagel-Heyer, 1999) * '' 2gether'' (Nagel-Heyer, 2000) with

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* ''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

With

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* ''The Howard Alden Trio Plus Special Guests Ken Peplowski & Warren Vache'' ( Concord, 1989) * ''I Remember Django'' (Arbors, 2010) With

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*'' Benny Carter Songbook'' (MusicMasters, 1996) *'' Benny Carter Songbook Volume II'' (MusicMasters, 1997) With

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* ''Live at Carnegie Hall 40th Anniversary Concert'' (

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, 1978) With

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*'' So Nice'' (HighNote, 2011) *'' Rain or Shine'' (HighNote, 2017) With

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* '' Five for Freddie'' (Arbors, 2007) With

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* '' What Headphones?'' (

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, 1993) With

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* '' George Shearing in Dixieland'' (Concord, 1989) With

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* ''Wein, Women and Song and More, George Wein Plays and Sings'' (Arbors)

References

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