In 1961, Wayne Henderson co-founded the soul jazz/hard bop group The Jazz Crusaders.Henderson left the group (who had changed their name to The Crusaders) in 1975 to pursue a career in producing, but revived The Jazz Crusaders in 1995.

Henderson is a very fluent technician who exhibits the influence of trombonists such as Kid Ory and Jack Teagarden.

In 2007, Henderson took a position with the California College of Music in Pasadena, California.

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