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American jazz trombonist (1939–2014)
Musical artist
Wayne Maurice Henderson (September 24, 1939 – April 5, 2014)
[1] 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 .
[2] 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.
[3]
[4]
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
[5]
Freedom Sound (Pacific Jazz, 1961)
Lookin' Ahead (Pacific Jazz, 1962)
The Jazz Crusaders at the Lighthouse (Pacific Jazz, 1962)
Tough Talk (Pacific Jazz, 1963)
Heat Wave (Pacific Jazz, 1963)
Jazz Waltz (Pacific Jazz, 1963) with
Les McCann
Stretchin' Out (Pacific Jazz, 1964)
The Thing (Pacific Jazz, 1965)
Chile Con Soul (Pacific Jazz, 1965)
Live at the Lighthouse '66 (Pacific Jazz, 1966)
Talk That Talk (Pacific Jazz, 1966)
The Festival Album (Pacific Jazz, 1966)
Uh Huh (Pacific Jazz, 1967)
Lighthouse '68 (Pacific Jazz, 1968)
Powerhouse (Pacific Jazz, 1969)
Lighthouse '69 (Pacific Jazz, 1969)
Give Peace a Chance (Liberty, 1970)
Old Socks New Shoes – New Socks Old Shoes (Chisa, 1970)
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
References
^
Tamarkin, Jeff (April 7, 2014).
"Wayne Henderson, Crusaders Mainstay, Dead at 74" .
JazzTimes .
^
Berendt, Joachim-Ernst (1976). The Jazz Book . Paladin. p. 387.
ISBN
978-0586082607 .
^ Martin, Douglas (April 9, 2014).
"Wayne Henderson, a Founder of the Jazz Crusaders, Dies at 74" .
The New York Times .
^ Perrone, Pierre (July 4, 2014).
"Wayne Henderson: Trombonist, composer and producer who co-founded the Jazz Crusaders, pioneers of the jazz fusion movement" .
The Independent .
^
Sketches of Life at
AllMusic
^ Coryell, Julie; Friedman, Laura (2000).
Jazz-Rock Fusion: The People, The Music .
Hal Leonard Corporation . p. 303.
ISBN
978-0793599417 .
External links
International National Artists