Wayne Henderson (musician)
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 | Jazz fusion, jazz, crossover jazz, soul jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, record producer |
| Instrument | Trombone |
| Formerly of | The Jazz Crusaders, The Crusaders |
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Wayne Maurice Henderson (September 24, 1939 – April 5, 2014) was an American jazz fusion and soul jazz trombonist and record producer. In 1961, he co-founded the soul jazz/jazz fusion 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.