| Intro | American trombonist and record producer |
| Was | Jazz musician |
| From | United States of America |
| Type | Music |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 24 September 1939, Houston, Harris County, Texas, U.S.A. |
| Death |
5 April 2014, Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, U.S.A. (aged 74 years) |
Wayne Maurice Henderson (September 24, 1939 – April 5, 2014) was an American soul jazz and hard bop trombonist and record producer. In 1961, he co-founded the soul jazz/hard bop group The Jazz Crusaders. 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.