From his formative years in the Lone Star Republic (Texas) to his present international recording artist status, multi-instrumentalist and producer/composer Wayne Henderson is identified by his ...

Trombonist Wayne Henderson - a co-founder of the bebop ensemble the Jazz Crusaders and the popular jazz-soul fusion band the Crusaders - died April 5 of heart failure at his home in Los Angeles ...

That embrace of tuneful melodies and winning grooves, along with the unique tenor-sax/trombone frontline, made The Jazz Crusaders popular both in and out of the jazz community. In 2004, Henderson told ...

PIERRE PERRONE Wayne Maurice Henderson, trombonist, composer and producer: born Houston 24 September 1939; married Cathy (two sons); died Culver City, California 5 April 2014.

The Jazz Crusaders, of which trombonist Wayne Henderson was a founder member, formed in 1961 and specialised in a stripped-down, tightly arranged and eminently soulful acoustic modern jazz.

NPR's Tavis Smiley talks with trombonist Wayne Henderson, the originator of the Jazz Crusaders, about their latest CD Soul Axess and his love affair with "fusion" jazz music.

When Joe Sample (piano), Wilton Felder (saxophone) and Wayne Henderson (trombone) moved from Houston, Texas, to Los Angeles to begin their collective recording career, they called their band The ...

Wayne Henderson, a trombonist, composer and co-founder of the Jazz Crusaders, who became a powerful force for merging the sound of jazz with elements of funk, soul and R&B, died Friday at a Culver ...

PIERRE PERRONE Wayne Maurice Henderson, trombonist, composer and producer: born Houston 24 September 1939; married Cathy (two sons); died Culver City, California 5 April 2014.

Wayne Henderson, trombonist and co-founding member of the popular jazz-funk band The Jazz Crusaders (later known as The Crusaders), died Friday, April 4, in Culver City, Calif.