Carl Warwick

US jazz trumpeter, born October 27, 1917 in Birmingham, Alabama. In the late 1930s Warwick performed and recorded with The Mills Blue Rhythm Band (1937), Don Redman (1938) and Bunny Berigan (1939). After military service during World War II, he worked with Woody Herman 1944-1946, Buddy Rich 1946-1947 and various commercial bands. Briefly with Lucky Millinder in 1953, in group with Brew Moore in San Francisco 1954-1955, toured and recorded with Dizzy Gillespie 1956-1957 and 1961. From 1966 served as music director for the New York City Correctional Institute, and in 1973 played with Benny Carter at the Newport Jazz Festival. Warwick was mainly a section player and rarely took solos.