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 Mover
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I see you're on all of the networking sites, it's the best way of keeping in touch with everyone, old and new. I just ran across this one by accident. I'll be talking with soon.
Eddie
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I see you're on all of the networking sites, it's the best way of keeping in touch with everyone, old and new. I just ran across this one by accident. I'll be talking with soon.
Eddie
How are you? We met at NAMM many years ago.... I still laugh at the Michael Jackson story hehehehehe.
Anthony King
Join us at WeBiKons.
I'd love to design one for you.
Djinn
Glad to be a friend and connect wit' all these Killin' Cobhams!.
Take care & talk soon-
~Shawn Hill~
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