Wayne Henderson (musician)

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.

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

 * 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)


 * With Caldera
 * 1976 Caldera (album) (Capitol)


 * With Pleasure
 * 1976 Accept No Substitutes (Fantasy)


 * With Gábor Szabó
 * 1977: Faces (Mercury)