Wayne Krantz, guitar

Since 1986:

HAS played and/or recorded for: Binney, Potter, Fagen, the Breckers, the Dan, Cobham, Anders, Bley, Bailey, Stern, Formanek, Wilkenfeld

HAS employed on his own projects: Carlock, Lefebvre, Almond, Novak, Jackson, Lee, Socolow, Wilkenfeld, Danziger, Fig, Chambers, Bullock, Goines, Genus, Alias, Bryant, Hoenig, Binney, Beard, Ephron, Weyland, Mayer, Patitucci, Drayton, Beasley, Anders, Potter, Colaiuta, Wollesen, Palladino, the Staceys, Hey, Wood, Biddle, Tidd, Miura, Hess, Stern, Brewer, Garrison, Dion, Le Fleming, Scott, Smith, Doami, Joseph, League, White, Calvaire, Mendez, Verdinelli, Morrissey, Marien, Hawkins, Scherr, Varela, Sainz, Abadey

HAS made 12 records:

Signals” (’91), w/ Don Alias, Jim Beard, Hiram Bullock, Dennis Chambers, Anthony Jackson, Leni Stern

Long To Be Loose” (’93), w/ Zach Danziger, Lincoln Goines

2 Drink Minimum” (’95), w/ Zach Danziger, Lincoln Goines

Separate Cages” (’96), w/ Leni Stern

Greenwich Mean” (’99), w/ Keith Carlock, Will Lee, Tim Lefebvre

Your Basic Live” (’03), w/ Keith Carlock, Tim Lefebvre

Your Basic Live ’06″ (’07), w/ Cliff Almond, Keith Carlock, James Genus, Anthony Jackson, Tim Lefebvre, Paul Socolow

Krantz Carlock Lefebvre” (’09), w/ Keith Carlock, Tim Lefebvre

Howie 61″ (’12), w/ Gabriela Anders, John Beasley, Owen Biddle, David Binney, Keith Carlock, Vinnie Colaiuta, Charley Drayton, Anton Fig, James Genus, Henry Hey, Yasushi Miura, Pino Palladino, John Patitucci, Jeremy Stacey, Paul Stacey, Tal Wilkenfeld, Kenny Wollesen, Nate Wood

Good Piranha Bad Piranha” (’14), w/ Gabriela Anders, Keith Carlock, Tim Lefebvre, Nate Wood

Write Out Your Head” (’20), w/ Gabriela Anders, Keith Carlock, Will Lee, Tim Lefebvre, Orlando LeFleming, Pino Palladino, Chris Potter

Music Room 1985” (’21), w/ Wayne Krantz

HAS made 2 books: “An Improviser’s OS” (2005), and “TABs on KRANTZ” (2023)

HAS taught at: NYU, Berklee, countless workshops worldwide

BORN, RAISED: Corvallis, Oregon, USA

BELIEFS: Nature, family, music

Gear

Main guitar: John Suhr Strat

Main amp: none

Main pedals, etc: 1 Spot CS7, EH Freq Analyzer, D’Addario strings/tuners/earplugs/cables, Fender pix. Everything else changes a lot.

Main store: 30th Street Guitars NYC