Doug Wamble

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| name = Doug Wamble

| image = DougWambleWiki.JPG

| birth_name = Samuel Douglas Wamble

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|10|22}}

| birth_place = Clarksville, Tennessee, U.S.

| spouse = {{marriage|Morgan James|2016}}

| occupation = Musician, vocalist

| website = {{URL|www.dougwamble.com}}

| module = {{Infobox musical artist

| embed = yes

| instrument = Guitar

| genre = Jazz, blues, vocal jazz

| label = Marsalis Music, E1, Halcyonic

| associated_acts = Morgan James

}}

Doug Wamble (born Samuel Douglas Wamble, October 22, 1972) is an American jazz guitarist and vocalist from Tennessee.

Biography

Wamble grew up in Memphis, Tennessee. He was inspired to play guitar after hearing records by Charlie Christian. He entered Memphis State University intending to pursue audio engineering, but changed his mind after seeing Harry Connick Jr. and Russell Malone in concert. He switched to the University of North Florida, then got a master's degree from Northwestern University.{{cite web|last1=Collar|first1=Matt|title=Doug Wamble|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/doug-wamble-mn0000803689/biography|website=AllMusic|accessdate=August 17, 2017}} At North Florida, he met pianist Roy Dunlap, bassist Jeff Hanley, and drummer Peter Miles, with whom he would later form a band.{{cite web|title=Doug Wamble|url=http://marsalismusic.com/doug-wamble|website=Marsalis Music|accessdate=August 17, 2017}}

In 1997, Wamble moved to New York City, where he met Wynton Marsalis. He played guitar on Big Train (1999) by Wynton Marsalis and Traveling Miles (1999) by Cassandra Wilson and signed with Marsalis Music. He released his debut album, Country Libations, in 2003. He was formerly married to opera singer Janna Baty.{{Cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-112030850.html|title=This Diva Scales Mozart and Modern|last=Medrek|first=T. J.|date=January 9, 2004|work=The Boston Herald|access-date=December 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222051513/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-112030850.html|archive-date=December 22, 2017|url-status=dead |via=HighBeam Research}}

He performed on the soundtrack for The War, a television documentary about World War II directed by Ken Burns.{{cite web|title=The War – About the Series – Production Credits|url=https://www.pbs.org/thewar/about_production_credits.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120914150359/http://www.pbs.org/thewar/about_production_credits.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 14, 2012|website=PBS|accessdate=August 17, 2017}} He contributed music to Burns's documentaries The 10th Inning and Prohibition and completed the original score for Burns's feature The Central Park Five. He produced the album Hunter (Epic, 2014) by vocalist Morgan James,{{cite news | last =Collar | first =Matt | title =Review by Matt Collar | publisher = AllMusic| date =June 3, 2014 | url =http://www.allmusic.com/album/hunter-mw0002662522}} whom he married in 2016.{{cite news|last=Bialas |first=Michael |title=First Listen: With Reckless Abandon, Morgan James Bares Her Soul Power |newspaper=The Huffington Post |date=April 4, 2017 |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/first-listen-with-reckless-abandon-morgan-james-bares_us_58e30fc8e4b09deecf0e19a2 |accessdate=August 15, 2022}}