Wayne Henderson
Background information
Birth name	Wayne Maurice Henderson
Born	(1939-09-24)September 24, 1939 Houston, Texas, U.S.
Died	April 5, 2014(2014-04-05) (aged 74) Culver City, California, U.S.
Genres	Soul jazz, hard bop
Occupation(s)	Musician, record producer
Instrument(s)	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]

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]

With The Jazz Crusaders

• 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)

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

• 1969 Bullitt (Pacific Jazz)

With Monk Montgomery

• 1969: It's Never Too Late
• 1971: Bass Odyssey

With Ronnie Laws

• 1975: Pressure Sensitive (Blue Note)^[6]

With Caldera

• 1976 Caldera (album) (Capitol)

With Pleasure

• 1976 Accept No Substitutes (Fantasy)

With Gábor Szabó

• 1977: Faces (Mercury)