Henry P. Warner
Henry P. Warner (born July 15, 1940 in East Harlem , New York City , † April 9, 2014 ) was an American free jazz musician ( alto saxophone , clarinet , flute ).
Live and act
Warner began his musical career as a trombonist and singer in a high school dance band. He then played in a local Latin band and attended several music schools. From the 1970s he worked in the New York loft and avant-garde scene a. a. with musicians like Billy Bang , Roy Campbell , Earl Freeman , Frank Lowe , Zane Massey , Jemeel Moondoc , Sunny Murray , William Parker and Blaise Siwula . In the field of jazz he was involved in nine recording sessions between 1974 and 2003. With his formation, The Bakery , he appeared in various New York jazz clubs, such as Slug’s , Ali's Alley, Sweet Basil and the Henry Street Playhouse. Warner has also worked with theater groups, television and radio, and appeared in the Duke Ellington centenary celebrations at Lincoln Center . In 2003 he was a guest at the New York Vision Festival with William Parker's Jeanne Lee Project . In his later years he taught at the MindBuilders Creative Arts Center in the Bronx . Most recently he lived in Mount Vernon (New York) .
Discographic notes
- Henry P. Warner / Earl Freeman / Philip Spigner: Freestyle Band (1984; re-released 2012 on NoBusiness Records )
- Henry P. Warner & Blu Nile IV: The Art of the Ensemble (2001), with Chris Parker, Radu Williams, Andrei Strobert , Gerard Faroux, Kelley Parker
- Vibrational Therapists: The Radius of the Mind (2002), with Chris Parker, Chad Anderson
Web links
- Web presence ( Memento from April 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- Portrait page of Parker Anderson
- Henry P. Warner at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Henry P. Warner / Earl Freeman / Philip Spigner: Freestyle Band , release announcement on m-etropolis.com, accessed July 18, 2015
- ↑ Notification of death at Organissimo
- ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed April 14, 2014)
- ↑ Review of the album (2012) on All About Jazz
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Warner, Henry P. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Warner, Henry |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 15, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 9, 2014 |