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| Tim Warfield Organ Band with Terrell Stafford in Harrisburg Central Pennsylvania Friends of Jazz presents the Tim Warfield Organ Band, with special guest Terrell Stafford on trumpet, live in concert Sunday, November 14th at 6pm. The Tim Warfield Organ Band, with special guest Terrell Stafford is the last of our 2010 monthly concert series sponsored by the Central Pennsylvania Friends of Jazz. We'll celebrate the release of Tim's new CD, A Sentimental Journey (Criss Cross, 2010). A top youth band from an area high school or college will open the Concert with a 5 PM performance. All concerts are held at The Hilton Harrisburg located at 1 North 2nd Street, Harrisburg PA 17101. Phone: 717-233-6000. Tickets are available at the door after 4:00 pm on the day of the concert. Visit CPFJ.org for information about the concert and non-profit organization. Join our 30th year anniversary celebration dedicated to presenting and preserving jazz. About Tim Warfield Tim Warfield, Jr., a native of York, Pennsylvania, began studying the alto saxophone at age nine. He switched to tenor saxophone during his first year at William Penn Sr. High School where he participated in various musical ensembles, winning many jazz soloist awards including second out of forty competitors at the Montreal Festival of Music in Canada. After high school, Warfield attended Howard University in Washington, D.C. for two years before leaving to lead and co-lead groups in the Central Pennsylvania and Baltimore/Washington areas. In 1990 he was chosen to be a member of trumpeter and CBS/Sony recording artist Marlon Jordan's Quintet. In 1991 he was selected to record Tough Young Tenors on the Island/Antilles label, listed as one of the top ten recordings of the year by the New York Times. He also joined Jazz Futures, a world touring group assembled by George Wein to showcase some of the world's brightest young stars in jazz. Also in 1991, Warfield placed third at the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition held at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Warfield has made several television appearances including the Today Show, Bill Cosby's You Bet Your Life (where he was a member of the house band until 1992), and Ted Turner's 1998 Trumpet Awards. Additionally, he has made numerous stage appearances with such names as Donald Byrd, Michelle Rosewoman, Marcus Miller, Marlon Jordan, James Williams, Christian McBride, The Harper Brothers, Dizzy Gillespie, Isaac Hayes, Shirley Scott, Jimmy Smith, Nicholas Payton, Charles Fambrough, Eric Reed, Carl Allen, Terell Stafford, Stefon Harris, Orrin Evans, The Newport Millennium All Stars, "Papa" John Defrancesco, Joey Defrancesco, Claudio Raggazzi, Danilo Perez, Trudy Pitts, and others. In 1994, he joined bassist and Verve recording artist Christian McBride's group, where he remained a member until 1999. Warfield's first recording, A Cool Blue, was selected as one of the top ten recordings of the year in a 1995 New York Times critic's poll, as was his 1998 recording Gentle Warrior (featuring Cyrus Chestnut, Tarus Mateen, Clarence Penn, Terell Stafford, and Nicholas Payton), proclaiming him possibly the most powerful tenor saxophonist of his generation. In 1999, he was awarded "Talent Deserving Wider Recognition" in DownBeat Magazines 49th Annual Jazz Critics poll. In the fall of 1999 Warfield exclusively joined forces with New Orleans trumpeter and recording artist Nicholas Payton. In 2000, alongside crooner Loston Harris, Warfield performed at the MTV GQ Men of the Year Awards in New York City. In 2006, Warfield joined trumpeter and Maxjazz recording artist Terell Stafford's Quintet. Warfield has appeared on several GRAMMY-nominated recordings such as Stefon Harris' "The Grand Unification Theory, " as well as "Dear Louis" and "Sonic Trance, " both under the leadership of trumpeter and New Orleans native, Nicholas Payton. Tim is currently serving as a board member as well as music committee chairman for the Central Pennsylvania Friends of Jazz. Tim also serves as "artist-in-residence" at Messiah College in Grantham, Pa, and has recently joined the adjunct faculty at Temple University Music Department, in Philadelphia, Pa. write your comments about the article :: © 2010 Jazz News :: home page |