Wayne Dockery
Wayne Dockery (born June 26, 1941 in Camden , New Jersey - † June 12, 2018 ) was an American jazz bassist.
Dockery, who came from a family of musicians, his older brother is Sam Dockery , studied classical music and led his own jazz band in the early 1960s. After serving in the army as a tuba player in Vietnam, he studied history and mathematics. He also worked as a taxi driver and started playing the double bass again.
In 1971 he became a member of Art Blakeys Jazz Messengers ; he also worked with Sonny Rollins , Freddie Hubbard , Sonny Stitt , George Benson , Billy Higgins , Joe Henderson , Stanley Turrentine , Woody Shaw , Randy and Michael Brecker , Cedar Walton , Bobby Timmons , George Coleman , John Scofield and Elvin Jones and undertook 1979 toured Brazil with Stan Getz . On his return to New York, he formed the band Wayne Dockery Con Alma .
In the early 1990s he went to Paris, where he worked with the quartets of Archie Shepp and Sonny Fortune . With Emery Davis and Benoit Gil he founded the DDG Pocket Trio .
Web links
- Discography at Allmusic
Individual evidence
- ^ Wayne Dockery est décédé. June 12, 2018, accessed June 12, 2018 (French).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dockery, Wayne |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz bassist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 26, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Camden , New Jersey |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 12, 2018 |