Rahway Trumpeter Warren Vache, Jr. To Be Honored

Written By Mike Greenblatt
Warren Vache

The Jazz Arts Project of New Jersey will honor Rahway trumpeter Warren Vache, Jr., 74, on April 30 at Triumph Restaurant & Brewery in Red Bank. Vache, in his long and illustrious career, has played with the Benny Goodman Orchestra and backed up singer Rosemary Clooney. Also honored will be educator-journalist Gilda Rogers who teaches African-American history at Brookdale Community College in Lincroft. (She is also Executive Director of the T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center and writes for Jersey Jazz magazine.) 

Vache comes from a musical family. His father played bass and his brother Allan plays clarinet, both professionally, proving once again that family is a key component of the Jersey sound, a fact that was pounded home in The Jersey Sound documentary. Vache will perform at the gala event with Will and Peter Anderson’s Roaring 1920s Orchestra, The Eddie Allen Quintet and The Jazz Arts Academy All-Stars.  

For more information, visit www.jazzartsproject.org

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Mike Greenblatt

MIKE GREENBLATT has been writing for Goldmine magazine and New Jersey's Aquarian Weekly for more than 35 years. His writing subjects fill the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

He's interviewed Joe Cocker, Graham Nash, David Crosby, Carlos Santana, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Johnny Cash, and members of The Rolling Stones and The Beatles. He was 18 when he attended Woodstock in 1969.

In addition to writing about music, Greenblatt has worked on publicity campaigns for The Animals, Pat Benatar, Johnny Winter, Tommy James and Richard Branson, among others. He is currently the editor of The Jersey Sound.

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