Wayne Henderson | |
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| 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 | Trombone |
| Formerly of | The Jazz Crusaders |
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]
- ^ 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.