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