Warren Smith & The Composers Workshop Ensemble at Jazz Tuesdays in the John Birks Gillespie Auditorium at

A founding member of the Composers Workshop Orchestra, a New York based cooperative group dedicated to performing original jazz compositions of its membership, Warren Smith is a tasteful and disciplined New York based drummer and percussionist with a long history of pitching in on various masterworks, from the recordings of soul queen Aretha Franklin to the avant-garde saxophone maverick and fascinating composer Sam Rivers.Warren Smith has also been a longtime member of one of the great percussion projects, the Max Roach M'Boom ensemble of drummers. He has collaborated with Anthony Braxton, Charles Mingus, Henry Threadgill, Van Morrison, Count Basie, Tony Williams, Joe Zawinul, and many others...

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A founding member of the Composers Workshop Orchestra, a New York based cooperative group dedicated to performing original jazz compositions of its membership, Warren Smith is a tasteful and disciplined New York based drummer and percussionist with a long history of pitching in on various masterworks, from the recordings of soul queen Aretha Franklin to the avant-garde saxophone maverick and fascinating composer Sam Rivers.Warren Smith has also been a longtime member of one of the great percussion projects, the Max Roach M'Boom ensemble of drummers. He has collaborated with Anthony Braxton, Charles Mingus, Henry Threadgill, Van Morrison, Count Basie, Tony Williams, Joe Zawinul, and many others. His vibraphone playing is so lauded that he was chosen to play the role of Milt Jackson in a group paying tribute to the Modern Jazz Quartet. You won't want to miss what promises to be a stimulating musical evening!

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