Wayne Andre, Veteran Jazz Trombonist, Dies in New York City

eJazzNews reported that trombonist, composer and arranger Wayne Andre died at his home in New York City on August 26, 2003.

The obituary traced his career from the bands of Charlie Spivak, Sauter-Finegan and Woody Herman and arrangements for the Kai Winding septet, to Gerry Mulligan's Concert Jazz Band, the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra, Clark Terry's big band and Benny Goodman's 1962 tour of the Soviet Union. It also covered his long career as a New York studio musician, including two Most Valuable Player awards from the New York chapter of the Recording Academy, and later work with the Mingus Big Band and Jaco Pastorius's Word of Mouth band.

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