Wayne Henderson (musician)

{{Short description|American jazz trombonist (1939–2014)}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Wayne Henderson

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| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist

| birth_name = Wayne Maurice Henderson

| birth_date = {{birth date|1939|9|24}}

| birth_place = Houston, Texas, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2014|4|5|1939|9|24}}

| death_place = Culver City, California, U.S.

| genre = Jazz fusion, jazz, crossover jazz, soul jazz

| occupation = Musician, record producer

| instrument = Trombone

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| past_member_of = The Jazz Crusaders, The Crusaders

}}

Wayne Maurice Henderson (September 24, 1939 – April 5, 2014){{cite magazine |last=Tamarkin |first=Jeff |author-link=Jeff Tamarkin |title= Wayne Henderson, Crusaders Mainstay, Dead at 74 |url=http://jazztimes.com/articles/126064-wayne-henderson-crusaders-mainstay-dead-at-74 |magazine=JazzTimes |date=April 7, 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.{{cite book |last=Berendt |first=Joachim-Ernst |author-link=Joachim-Ernst Berendt |title=The Jazz Book |publisher=Paladin |year=1976 |page=387 |isbn= 978-0586082607}} 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.{{cite news |last=Martin |first=Douglas |title=Wayne Henderson, a Founder of the Jazz Crusaders, Dies at 74 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/10/arts/music/wayne-henderson-a-founder-of-the-jazz-crusaders-dies-at-74.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=April 9, 2014}}{{cite news |last=Perrone |first=Pierre |title=Wayne Henderson: Trombonist, composer and producer who co-founded the Jazz Crusaders, pioneers of the jazz fusion movement |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/wayne-henderson-trombonist-composer-and-producer-who-cofounded-the-jazz-crusaders-pioneers-of-the-jazz-fusion-movement-9585300.html |newspaper=The Independent |date=July 4, 2014}}