Tim Warfield

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Timothy Reginald "Tim" Warfield Jr. (Born July 2, 1965 in York (Pennsylvania) ) is an American jazz musician ( tenor and soprano saxophone ). He is involved in several Grammy- nominated albums by Stefon Harris and Nicholas Payton .

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Warfield began learning alto saxophone at the age of nine , mainly as a self-taught ; in high school he switched to the tenor saxophone, played in several ensembles and received awards as a soloist in several competitions. He studied at Howard University for two years before becoming a professional musician and leading bands in Pennsylvania and Baltimore / Washington.

From 1990 Warfield was part of the Marlon Jordan quintet for three years . He was also involved in the 1991 Tough Young Tenors ' successful album and toured internationally with the Jazz Futures compiled by George Wein . In the same year he received third place in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition . He also accompanied Shirley Scott in Bill Cosby's You Bet Your Life .

Between 1994 and 1999 Warfield was a member of Christian McBride's band , only to join Nicholas Payton. He also appeared in the 1990s with Jimmy Smith and Donald Byrd , but also with Michele Rosewoman , Dizzy Gillespie , Isaac Hayes , Charles Fambrough , Joey DeFrancesco and Danilo Perez .

Under his own name, Warfield released the album A Cool Blue in 1995 , which was one of the most important albums of the year for the critics of the New York Times that year, as well as his 1998 album Gentle Warrior (with Cyrus Chestnut , Tarus Mateen , Clarence Penn , Terell Stafford and Nicholas Payton). In 1999 he was first recognized by the critics of the down beat as a talent that deserves further attention. His album Jazz Is… ( Criss Cross Jazz 2001) he recorded with a similar line-up, supplemented by Stefon Harris. In 2006 he was also a member of the Terell Stafford quintet. His album A Sentimental Journey (2010) received critical acclaim, as did his Monk tribute Spherical (2015, with Eddie Henderson , Orrin Evans , Ben Wolfe and Clarence Penn). According to Tom Lord , between 1984 and 2018 he was involved in 74 recordings in the field of jazz.

Warfield has been a member of the Pennsylvania Council for the Art since 2018 . In the same year he became the coordinator of the jazz masters program at Temple University .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Gary W. Kennedy Tim (othy Reginald) Warfield . in Barry Kernfeld (Ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz
  2. ↑ Tom Lord Jazz Discography
  3. ↑ Entry (Temple University)
personal data
SURNAME Warfield, Tim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Warfield Jr., Timothy Reginald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician (saxophone)
DATE OF BIRTH July 2, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH York, Pennsylvania