Composers
Wayne Wallace
Wayne Wallace is a much sought after San Francisco trombonist, keyboardist who's list of countless performance and recording credits include greats such as Pearl Bailey, Sammy Davis Jr., The Count Basie Band, Pete Escovedo, Angela Bofill, Earth Wind and Fire, Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Tito Puente, Machete Ensemble and many others.
Wayne Wallace is also a much sought after educator and clinician. His educational workshops include UC Berkeley, Antioch, San Francisco School of The Arts,Santa Cruz Jazz Camp, Blue Bear School of Music, Stanford Jazz Camp and others. Mr. Wallace has also taught at workshops in West Germany, Havana Cuba.
Some of Wayne's compositions include:
Little Girls/Laura Antonioli
SOUL EYES/Catero
I'm Leaving Baby/Con Funk Shun
Electric Lady/Polygram
Having A Good Time/Pete Escovedo
The Island/Esgo
Go Jamaica/Pete Escovedo
The Island/Esgo
Yesterday's Memories, Tomorrows Dreams
Concord Jazz
Charango Sunrise
Concord Jazz
Take Some Time/Mr. "E"
Concord Jazz
Gingerbread Girl/Mr. "E"
Concord Jazz
Loves Got A Hold On Me/ F.D.R./F.D.R.
Fantasy Records
Screaming At The Moon/Phyllis Hyman
Living All Alone/Manhattan
Feel My Love/Stacey Lattisaw
Without you/Atlantic
Who's Loving You?/L.J. Reynolds
Tell Me You Will/Fantasy
Our Love/Lenny Williams
Lenny Williams/Fantasy
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENTS
Received 1993 N.E.A. grant for jazz composition to compose a three part suite reflecting the divers musical cultures of the San Francisco Bay Area.
Received a grant from the Zellerbach Foundation for composition of a Jazz/Afro-Cuban musical suite.
Composed and arranged the music for the 1991 Theater Works world premiere of the musical Go Down Garvey by Danny Duncan.
Received 1993 Bay Area Critics Award for best original score in a drama for the musical Pecong.
Taught a touring Afro-Cuban music workshop in West Germany, June-July 1989
Taught a Jazz and Blues Workshop at the National School of the Arts in Havana, Cuba, March, 1994
