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Warren Vache plays Benny Carter

Warren Vache plays Benny Carter
This is an exclusive lunchtime performance by the Warren Vache Quintet, featuring tenor saxophonist Houston Person, Tardo Hammer on piano, Nicki Parrott on bass and Leroy Williams on drums. Trumpet player Warren Vache returns to Savannah with his own quintet, following his 2014 appearance in the SMF production of “Ladies Sing the Blues” featuring Catherine Russell and Charenee Wade. Warren Vache’s style has been influenced by a great variety of the classic players—Louis Armstrong, George “Pee Wee” Erwin (with whom Vache studied for many years), Roy Eldridge, Bobby Hackett, Clifford Brown, Blue Mitchell and Billy Butterfield, among others—while developing his own inimitable style. This program features the music of jazz giant Benny Carter, the multi-instrumentalist, composer, bandleader and distinguished NEA Jazz Master whose arrangements were featured on recordings by Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Count Basie and numerous Hollywood movie soundtracks. Vache’s quintet features tenor saxophonist Houston Person (who wowed 2012 SMF audiences performing with Bill Charlap and leading his own quartet), pianist Tardo Hammer, bassist Nicki Parrott and drummer Leroy Williams.
Savannah College of Art and Design