Wayne Henderson (musician)
Wayne Maurice Henderson 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 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
- 1969: The Freedom Sounds fest. Wayne Henderson Soul Sound System
- 1977: At Big Daddies
- 1977: Big Daddy's Place
- 1978: Living on a Dream
- 1978: Step in to Our Life
- 1979: Emphasized
- 1980: Roy Ayers/Wayne Henderson Prime Time
- 1993: Sketches of Life - Wayne Henderson & The Next Crusade
With The Jazz Crusaders">The Crusaders (Houston group)">The Jazz Crusaders
- Freedom Sound
- Lookin' Ahead
- The Jazz Crusaders at the Lighthouse
- Tough Talk
- Heat Wave
- Jazz Waltz with Les McCann
- Stretchin' Out
- The Thing
- Chile Con Soul
- Live at the Lighthouse '66
- Talk That Talk
- The Festival Album
- Uh Huh
- Lighthouse '68
- Powerhouse
- Lighthouse '69
- Give Peace a Chance
- Old Socks New Shoes – New Socks Old Shoes
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- Pass the Plate
- Hollywood
- Crusaders 1
- The 2nd Crusade
- Unsung Heroes
- Scratch
- Southern Comfort
- Chain Reaction
- Those Southern Knights
As producer
;With Wilton Felder
;With Monk Montgomery
- 1969: It's Never Too Late
- 1971: Bass Odyssey
;With Ronnie Laws
;With Caldera
;With Pleasure
- 1976 Accept No Substitutes
;With Gábor Szabó
