Bill Warfield And The NY Jazz Octet To Perform at Zinc Bar

The NY Jazz Octet performs jazz selections from the 50s, 60s, and 70s as well as original material from members of the band arranged in a style reminiscent of the groups of Tadd Dameron, Art Blakey, Horace Silver and the bands of Gil Evans.

“Warfield’s kind of music is a mixture of adventurous modernistic pieces, jazz tinged salsa, and post-bop-hipness.... As an arranger, trumpeter Warfield is a top-rate craftsman, perhaps one of the best on the scene.” –Jazz Times

The group’s first recording, “New York City Jazz” on Interplay Records, was released in 1990 to much critical acclaim. Which include Streetcorner Supermarket, Scootzie and many more. The group have subsequently released “The City Never Sleeps” Seabreeze Records, 1991, “Nomad” with Dave Stryker on Steeplechase in 1995, “A Faceless Place” on Laurel Hill Records in 2005, “Duff’s Blues” with Gene Ludwig on 18th and Vine in 2008, “Le Jazz Hot” with Dave Liebman in 2012 and “Trumpet Story” with Randy Brecker on Planet Arts Network in 2014....

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The NY Jazz Octet performs jazz selections from the 50s, 60s, and 70s as well as original material from members of the band arranged in a style reminiscent of the groups of Tadd Dameron, Art Blakey, Horace Silver and the bands of Gil Evans.

“Warfield’s kind of music is a mixture of adventurous modernistic pieces, jazz tinged salsa, and post-bop-hipness.... As an arranger, trumpeter Warfield is a top-rate craftsman, perhaps one of the best on the scene.” –Jazz Times

The group’s first recording, “New York City Jazz” on Interplay Records, was released in 1990 to much critical acclaim. Which include Streetcorner Supermarket, Scootzie and many more. The group have subsequently released “The City Never Sleeps” Seabreeze Records, 1991, “Nomad” with Dave Stryker on Steeplechase in 1995, “A Faceless Place” on Laurel Hill Records in 2005, “Duff’s Blues” with Gene Ludwig on 18th and Vine in 2008, “Le Jazz Hot” with Dave Liebman in 2012 and “Trumpet Story” with Randy Brecker on Planet Arts Network in 2014.

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