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Wayne Cobham™

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About Me

After more than 35 years as an entertainer, Wayne Cobham still derives the utmost of pleasure out of performing. Wayne has been playing trumpet since his early childhood and started his career in the drum and bugle corps of New York and he was hooked on the trumpet for life. In his teenage years, it seemed a natural progression for Wayne Cobham to move on to his own bands and he gathered around him some of the finest young musicians in town. All the while, Wayne was building a strong following and solid reputation as a highly respected trumpet player throughout the flourishing New York music scene. Wayne Cobham found himself in high demand and has toured the world playing trumpet with entertainers such as Ben E. King, Cameo, The Temptations, Little Anthony and the Imperials, The Four Tops, Ray Charles, Billy Cobham, Taylor Dane, Loredana Berté, Lou Reed, and Kool and the Gang just to name a few. But it does not stop there, his studio credits include Michael Jackson, Pieces of a Dream, Nancy Wilson, Denise Williams, Najee, Patti Austin, and Billy Cobham His production credits include Gwen McRae, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Taylor Dane, Billy Cobham, and Guy with Teddy Reilly. For the past five years Wayne Cobham has been on the road touring with Wilson Pickett and is Music Director for Wilson’s band The Midnight Movers.
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Member Since: 8/1/2006
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Band Members: Wayne Cobham: Trumpet: PJLA-Phaeton, Bach-Strat 72 ML,Chas Colin MAX (silver), Flugel Horn:Getzen Eterna FlugelBone: Olds Cornet:BachDrums/ Percussion Sampling: Akai-Kontakt-MachFive-Roland-Pittin Logic Audio Pro, Digital Performer, GarageBand,ProTools Live Microphones: AMT Roam 1 Elite, AMT System 1 Computer: Apple Macintosh G5,G4, MacBook, PC (only if strangled) :-) Tremendously Large Sample Library-------My Geeky Side Special thanks to:Andrea Pettinao!!! "The Worlds Best Guitar and Drum Samples" http://www.pettinhouse.com/html/about.html......Check Him Out Ya'LL
Influences: Ivy L. Cobham (MoM), Miles, Dizzy, Freddy, Charlie Shavers, The Breckers, Tower Of Power, Dreams, Chicago, Earth, Wind & Fire, Maynard, Wilfred "Mingy" Hylton, Jimmy Owens, Randy Gilmore, Roger Byam, Juice, 5 Carat Soul, The Vibrates, Reconstruction, Mother Night, The Fire Bolts, The Palmer Brothers, Jack Sass, Chic, Crown Heights Affair, Tom Browne, Al "Winky Dink" Flyth, Donald Blackman, Ronnie "Head" Drayton, The Best Of Friends, Omega 8, Alpha Phi Alpha, Tony "Baby Shoes" Bridges, Necessary Changes, Lamelle, Cindy Mizelle, Lisa Fisher, Gwen McCrae, Wilson Pickett, Wood, Brass and Steel, Blood, Sweat & Tears. Carol Sylvan, Jocelyn Brown, Genie "Pepper" Swinson, Kury W. Cobham, Lizz "Double Z" Chislom, Dan Cipriano, Leon Sealy, Ralph Fairconture, Larry Bruno, Ronnie Smith, Michele G. Cobham, The Sun Risers, St. Clement Pope, Charles Perry, Vaughn Harper, William E. Cobham, Sr. (Dad), Billy Cobham (Brother), Roy Eldridge, Clark Terry, Jimmy Nottingham, J.T. Lewis, Lloyd Jones, Doug Booth, Lenny White, Chaka Kahn, Taylor Dayne, Lore Dana Berte, Cameo, Ben E. King, ND Media, Huey Lewis & The News, Prince, Teddy Riley, Heavy D, Monifa, Living Colour, George Clinton, Bootsy, James Brown, Tyrone Davis, Ides of March, Redbone, The Flock, Jeff Beck, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Paul Williams, T.M. Stevens, Parliament/Funkadelic, Bernie Worrell, Dennis Chambers, Baltimore Connection Section, Larry Bright, Deston Bennett, Dennis Harte, Paul Williams, Bobby Womack, Yvonne Wright-Willis, Ralph Rolle, Ray Chew, Stafford Floyd, Bobby Douglas, La-Rita Gaskins, Crusher Green, Dave Matthews, Bill Cosby, Niambi A. Cobham, Michele Ariele Cobham, Laforrest (La La) Cope, Mic Murphy, Nona Hendryx, The Whispers, Pete La Placa, The Temptations, DeBarge, The Commodores, The Meters, Kool and the Gang, The 45 King, Linda Jeanetta Hall, Albert and Anthony Robinson, Mark Henderson, Eddie Henderson, Cameo, Ohio Players, Alexander O'Neil, The Tyme, Denzil "Broadway" Miller, BT Express, The Gap Band, Zapp featuring "Roger", Curtis Mayfield, Smokey Robinson, The Jackson 5, Shalimar, Al Green, Anjam, Wayne Holmes, Steve Jordan, The Entire ASH Family, Richie CEO!, Benny Russell, Andre Strobert, Gene Torres, Phil Clendinin, Aretha Franklin, Betty Davis, Mother's Finest, Jimi Hendrix, Wally Bishop, Max Merritt & The Meteors, Tony Tyrell and 02 Fusion, Donald Byrd, Eric King, Doug Booth, Lloyd Jones, Steve (Josane) Lesane, AXYS, Wrecks_n_Effect, Rochelle Kerner, Esq., Wally Roker, Mike Fargo, "Soul City Records", Ronald "Smitty" Smith, Vaughn "Velvet Voice" Harper, The Dow Twins, Charles Perry, Barbara Roy Gaskins, Minister Lloyd Jones, Minister Christo Owens, Wendy Diane Richardson (Lil Sis)
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Record Label: Independent
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