Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet March 16, 2009

Hot on the heels of his critically acclaimed CD, The Nature of the Beat, which successfully charted at #1 for two consecutive weeks on Jazz Week's “World Top 50 Chart,” the musically multi-lingual Wayne Wallace returns with INFINITY, a disc that features his Latin Jazz Quintet. Infinity has charted as high as #2 on the Jazz Week's “World Top 50" Chart and has received much critical acclaim. There is no stopping this first-call trombonist, arranger, producer, and composer whose fluency in countless styles has brought him to work with a staggering number of luminaries from across the musical spectrum, including Count Basie, Ray Charles, Joe Henderson, Tito Puente, Carlos Santana, Lionel Hampton, Earth, Wind, & Fire, Sonny Rollins, Pearl Bailey, Aretha Franklin, Lena Horne, Pete Escovedo, McCoy Tyner, Stevie Wonder, Celine Dion, John Lee Hooker, and cellist Joan Jeanrenaud of the Kronos String Quartet. Wallace was recently hailed again in two categories in Downbeat's “Critics Polls,” both for his virtuosity as a trombonist and as a producer, recognition that is quickly getting the word out about this San Francisco-born talent.

“Wayne Wallace will go down in the annals of San Francisco Bay Area jazz history as one of the great musicians of the new
millennium.”
— Jesse “Chuy” Varela, Latin Beat Magazine

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