Wayne Henderson (musician)

Wayne Henderson
Background information
Birth name Wayne Maurice Henderson
Born September 24, 1939
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Died April 5, 2014 (aged 74)
Culver City, California, U.S.
Genres Soul jazz, hard bop
Occupation(s) Musician, record producer
Instrument(s) Trombone

Wayne Maurice Henderson (September 24, 1939 – April 5, 2014) was an American soul jazz and hard bop trombonist and record producer. In 1961, he co-founded the soul jazz/hard bop group The Jazz Crusaders. Henderson left the group (who by then had changed their name to The Crusaders) in 1976 to pursue a career in producing, but revived The Jazz Crusaders in 1995.

In 2007, Henderson took a position with the California College of Music in Pasadena, California.

Henderson had suffered from diabetes and died of heart failure at a Culver City hospital on April 5, 2014, at age 74.

Discography

As leader/co-leader

  • 1968: The Freedom Sounds fest. Wayne Henderson People Get Ready (Atlantic)
  • 1969: The Freedom Sounds fest. Wayne Henderson Soul Sound System (Atlantic)
  • 1977: At Big Daddies (ABC)
  • 1977: Big Daddy's Place (ABC)
  • 1978: Living on a Dream (Polydor)
  • 1978: Step in to Our Life (Polydor)(with Roy Ayers)
  • 1979: Emphasized (Polydor)(with Roy Ayers)
  • 1980: Roy Ayers/Wayne Henderson Prime Time (Polydor)
  • 1992: "Back To The Groove" (PAR 2013 CD) "Wayne Henderson And The Next Crusade"
  • 1993: Sketches of Life - Wayne Henderson & The Next Crusade

With The Jazz Crusaders

With The Crusaders

  • Pass the Plate (Chisa, 1971)
  • Hollywood (MoWest, 1972)
  • Crusaders 1 (Blue Thumb, 1972)
  • The 2nd Crusade (Blue Thumb, 1973)
  • Unsung Heroes (Blue Thumb, 1973)
  • Scratch (Blue Thumb, 1974)
  • Southern Comfort (Blue Thumb, 1974)
  • Chain Reaction (Blue Thumb, 1975)
  • Those Southern Knights (Blue Thumb, 1976)

As producer

With Wilton Felder
With Monk Montgomery
With Ronnie Laws
With Caldera
With Pleasure
With Gábor Szabó