5:30 – 8:30: Bill Warfield Quintet
Trumpeter ~ Composer ~ Arranger ~ Educator
A dynamic and innovative composer, bandleader and trumpeter, Bill Warfield has energized audiences, performers and writers for more than four decades. Warfield’s most recent accomplishments are two highly regarded recordings including “Mercy Mercy Mercy,” recorded on the BluJazz label by the Hell’s Kitchen Funk Orchestra in 2015 and “Trumpet Story” with Randy Brecker on Planet Arts Records, recorded in 2014. These recordings are a celebration of the composer’s formative musical experiences. The two groups perform Jazz selections based on the genres of funk, Latin Jazz, and Hard Bop, all arranged by Warfield.
Bill Warfield – trumpet
Cecilia Colman – piano
Sam Bevan – bass
Mike Campenni – drums
Jasia Ries – vocals