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About Carl Warwick (musician)
- William Carl "Bama" Warwick (born October 27, 1917, Birmingham, Alabama - died 2003, Philadelphia) was an American jazz trumpeter. Warwick lived in Brookside, Alabama as a child, then moved in with Charlie Shavers after moving northward in the early 1930s.
- Together, they moved to Philadelphia in 1936 and became members of Frank Fairfax's band, playing alongside Dizzy Gillespie.
- They subsequently played with Tiny Bradshaw and the Mills Blue Rhythm Band.
- After Shavers left to join John Kirby's ensemble, Warwick worked with Teddy Hill, Edgar Hayes, Don Redman, and Bunny Berigan. During World War II, Warwick conducted a military band.
- He played with Woody Herman in 1944-45, then worked with Buddy Rich.
- In the 1950s he led his own group and also worked with Lucky Millinder and Brew Moore; he returned to Gillespie's employ in 1956, playing intermittently with him until 1961.
- He took a position directing music with the New York City Department of Corrections in 1966.
- In 1972, he appeared at the Newport Jazz Festival with Benny Carter.
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