[Dixielandjazz] Vache Sr. Obit - NY Times

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Warren Vaché Sr., 90, a Mainstay of Jazz in New Jersey, Is Dead
By PETER KEEPNEWS

Published: February 20, 2005
(NY TIMES)


Warren Vaché Sr., a bassist, author and historian who was long a
mainstay of jazz in New Jersey, died on Feb. 4 in Rahway, N.J. He was
90.

The cause was complications of pneumonia and prostate cancer, said his
son, the jazz cornetist Warren Vaché Jr.

Mr. Vaché, the father of two jazz musicians (his other son, Allan,
plays clarinet), was an accomplished musician himself and an
indefatigable advocate of traditional jazz.

Early in his career he was a frequent participant in jam sessions at
Nick's, a Greenwich Village nightclub that was home base to the
guitarist Eddie Condon, the clarinetist Pee Wee Russell and other
traditionalists.

He later worked throughout New Jersey as a sideman, with the trumpet
player Doc Cheatham among many others, and as the leader of his own
group, the Syncopatin' Seven. He continued to perform until his early
80's.

Never a full-time musician, he serviced jukeboxes and sold electronic
appliances, among other jobs, to support his jazz activities, which
also included writing about jazz and promoting it.

He was the author or co-author of several books and a frequent
contributor to jazz magazines. His last completed book, a biography of
the trumpet player Chris Griffin, is scheduled to be published this
year by Scarecrow Press.

Mr. Vaché was also a founder of the New Jersey Jazz Society and editor
of its magazine, Jersey Jazz, for about a decade.

He is survived by his wife, Madeline, and his two sons.