associated_acts birth_place label article_title birth_date background alt genre image origin instrument name occupation
jim cullum jazz band rahway , new jersey , u.s. arbors , audiophile , chesky , nagel-heyer allan vache
 december 16 , 1953 non_vocal_instrumentalist allan vache playing the clarinet jazz allanvache.jpg san antonio , texas clarinet allan vache musician
allan vache

allan vache -lrb- born december 16 , 1953 in rahway , new jersey -rrb- is an american jazz clarinetist , and brother of the noted jazz cornetist warren vache .
vache played with the jim cullum jazz band of san antonio , texas , for 17 years , and was a regular on the `` riverwalk - live from the landing '' radio show on public radio international , which featured the cullum band .
he also performed with cullum on `` a prairie home companion '' with garrison keillor .
he is a featured performer on the only jazz recording of the entire score of gershwin 's `` porgy & bess '' with the cullum band , released on the cbs masterworks record label .
he toured mexico for the u.s. state department with the live show of `` porgy & bess '' narrated by opera great william warfield .
he also has performed at carnegie hall , and lincoln center in new york , and the kennedy center in washington d.c. .
he graduated from rahway high school in 1971 .
he has performed with , or appeared on stage with , such jazz greats as benny goodman , teddy wilson , lionel hampton , pete fountain , clark terry , benny carter , milt hinton , bob haggart , yank lawson , bucky pizzarelli , gene krupa , jake hanna , scott hamilton , herb ellis , and many others .
he has also performed with pop artists bonnie raitt & leon redbone , and can be heard on the soundtrack of the 1998 film `` the newton boys '' starring mathew mcconaughey and julianna margulies .
he has several recordings as a soloist on the arbors , audiophile , chesky , and nagel-heyer -lrb- of hamburg , germany -rrb- record labels .
vache has performed in europe , asia , australia , and south america .
he currently resides in orlando , florida .
personal life : vache has been married 3 times .
kathryn thieling , 1976-1983 divorced , -lrb- one child , kimberly kathryn vache - iannnini -rrb- shireen nygren , 1989-1991 divorced , and vanessa lawicki , 2000 -- present he has 3 grandchildren .
triplet boys alex , sebastian , & frankie ianninni .
