[Dixielandjazz] WARREN VACHE' SR. BIO

[Robert S. Ringwald]

Warren sent this to me instead of the List, for some reason.  So I am
forwarding it.

Enjoy...


Bob
mr.wonderful at ringwald.com



From: <Vachesr at aol.com>
To: <ringwald at calweb.com>
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 10:56 AM
Subject: WARREN VACHE' SR. BIO


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>                              WARREN  WEBSTER  VACHE'
>       Born  Nov. 27, 1914,  Brooklyn, NY.    Moved to  New  Jersey  at
age
> 7;  have  lived  there  ever  since.  Celebrated Golden  Wedding
anniversary
> to  Madeline (nee Sohl)  in 1997.    Have  two  sons, both  professional
> jazz  musicians,   Warren Jr., and  Allan  Robert.
>        Self-taught string-bass player;  active  since 1934  but now
retired.
>  Charter  member  and co-founder  of  the  New Jwersey  Jazz  Society.
Also
> co-founder  of  the  American  Federation of Jazzo
> Societies.  Editor  of "Jersey Jazz,"  for 15 years.  Founder of  American
> Jazz  Hall  of  Fame .  Leader
> of  jazz band, "The  Syncopatn' Six."   Author of  six books,  "This Horn
> for  Hire" (autobiography  of
> Pee Wee  Erwin);  "Ctrazy  Fingers"  (autobiograhy  of Claude  Hopkins);
> ""Back Beats and  Rim
> Shots"  (biography of Johnny  Blowers);  "Jazz  Gentry" (a  coollection
of
> magazine  articles on jazz  and  jazz  musicians);  "The  Unsung
Songwriters"
>  a volume devoted to "America's Masters of Melody;"
> and "Sittin' In  With Chris Griffin,"   to  be  publshed this year.
>           A  CD,   "Jazz: It's a  Wonderful  Sound,"  a  program of
> improvised  jazz  featuring   Warren Vache'Jr.,  Clarence  Hutchenrider,
George
> Masso.   Dck Wellstood,  Dawes  Thompson,  Johnny
> Blowers,  and  Warren Vache' Sr.,  is currently  available,
>