Warren W. Vaché Sr. (27 November 1914, in Brooklyn, New York – 4 February 2005, in Rahway, New Jersey) was an American jazz musician and journalist. He was the father of jazz trumpet player

Warren Vaché Jr. Warren Vaché (born February 21, 1951) is an American jazz trumpeter, cornetist, and flugelhornist. He was born in Rahway, New Jersey, United States. He came from a musical family as his father was a bassist. In 1976, he released his first album ...

and clarinet player Allan Vache. Vaché began as a drummer, but quickly realized that there was a greater demand for jazz bassists, and established himself on the double bass. He played with

Eddie Condon Albert Edwin Condon (November 16, 1905 – August 4, 1973) was an American jazz banjoist, guitarist, and bandleader. A leading figure in Chicago jazz, he also played piano and sang. Early years Condon was born in Goodland, Indiana, the son of J ...

at New York's

Nick's Nick's (Nick's Tavern) was a tavern and jazz club located at the northwest corner of 10th Street and 7th Avenue in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan, New York City, which was at its peak in the 1940s and 1950s. Many j ...

club, appeared regularly with Doc Cheatham, also featured with Bobby Hackett and

Vic Dickenson Victor Dickenson (August 6, 1906 – November 16, 1984) was an American jazz trombonist. His career began in the 1920s and continued through musical partnerships with Count Basie (1940–41), Sidney Bechet (1941), and Earl Hines. Life and care ...

, and directed his own Dixieland Jazz bands such as The Syncopatin' Six and The Syncopatin' Seven, recording two albums for the

Jazzology Jazzology Records is an American jazz record company and label. It is part of the Jazzology group of labels owned and operated by the George H. Buck Jr. Jazz Foundation. Jazzology Records was founded in 1949 by George H. Buck, Jr. That year he ...

label. Vaché Sr. was one of the founders of the American Jazz Hall of Fame. He also founded the New Jersey Jazz Society and the American Federation of Jazz Societies. He wrote for 15 years as editor of the magazine ''Jersey Jazz''. He also wrote biographies of jazz musicians such as Pee Wee Erwin,

Johnny Blowers John G. Blowers Jr. (April 21, 1911 – July 17, 2006) was an American drummer of the swing era. Born in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States, Blowers ("Blau-ers") learned to play percussion during his schooldays and began performing with t ...

and Claude Hopkins ("Crazy Fingers") and edited the collections ''The Unsung Songwriters'' and ''Jazz Gentry'', which consisted of articles on jazz musician and jazz. Together with his wife Madeline he had a daughter and two sons, both professional jazz musicians, trumpeter

and clarinetist

Allan Vaché Allan Vaché (born December 16, 1953) is an American jazz clarinetist, son of the jazz bassist and journalist Warren Vaché Sr. and brother of jazz cornetist Warren Vaché Jr. Raised in Rahway, New Jersey, Vaché graduated from Rahway High Sch ...

.''The New York Times'': Warren Vaché Sr., 90, a Mainstay of Jazz in New Jersey, Is Dead
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