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Doug Wamble 
Background information Birth name Samuel Douglas Wamble Born October 22, 1972 Genres Jazz, blues Occupations Singer-songwriter Instruments Electric and acoustic guitar Labels Marsalis Music, E1/Koch, Halcyonic Records Website Official website Notable instruments Fender Telecaster, Gretsch Constellation, National Triolian, Amistar Custom Resophonic Doug Wamble (born Samuel Douglas Wamble, October 22, 1972, Clarksville, Tennessee) is a North American vocalist, guitarist, and composer.
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Biography
Wamble grew up in Memphis and attended school at Memphis State, Northwestern University and the University of North Florida. During his time at UNF, he met future band members pianist Roy Dunlap, bassist Jeff Hanley and drummer Peter Miles. He has recorded with musicians such as Wynton Marsalis on "Big Train" (1994) and "Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson" (2004), Cassandra Wilson on "Traveling Miles" (1999) and Branford Marsalis on "Romare Bearden Revealed" (2003). He has also toured with Madeleine Peyroux and Steven Bernstein’s Millennial Territory Orchestra.[1] Wamble was signed to Marsalis Music/Rounder Records.,[2] a label started by saxophonist Branford Marsalis, in 2002. Country Libations was released in 2003, and Bluestate was released in 2005. In 2010, his self-titled album "Doug Wamble" was released on Koch/E1 records. In 2011, Doug formed Halcyonic Records and will release his first album on his own imprint in the Fall.
Most recently, Wamble's guitar playing was featured prominently in the Ken Burns' World War II documentary, The War on PBS.[3] Wamble has also contributed music for the original scores for the upcoming Ken Burns documentary films, "The 10th Inning" and "Prohibition." Doug also completed the full original score for Burns' upcoming feature "The Central Park Five", co-directed by Sarah Burns and produced by David McMahon of Florentine Films.
Discography
Band Leader
- Country Libations - Doug Wamble (Marsalis Music) 2003
- Bluestate - Doug Wamble (Marsalis Music) 2005
- Doug Wamble - Doug Wamble (E1 Music) 2010
Sideman
- Traveling Miles - with Cassandra Wilson (Blue Note) 1999
- Big Train - with Wynton Marsalis (Sony) 1999
- Tribute To Duke - with NJR All-Stars (NJR) 2000
- Bluesectomy - with Andy Farber (NJR) 2000
- Voices In The Wilderness - with John Zorn (Tzadik) 2003
- Romare Bearden Revealed - with Branford Marsalis (Marsalis Music) 2003
- Private Astronomy - with Geoff Muldaur (Deutsch Gramophone) 2004
- Tales Of The Stuttering Mime - with Eric Revis (11:11) 2004
- Unforgivable Blackness - with Wynton Marsalis (Blue Note) 2005
- Marlowe - with David Berger (Such Sweet Thunder) 2005
- A Celebration of New Orleans Music - with MusicCares Katrina Relief (Rounder) 2005
- MTO Volume 1 - with Steven Bernstein (Sunnyside) 2006
- Eyes Wide Open - with Sachal Vasandani (Mack Avenue) 2007
- Ken Burns' The War (Original Soundtrack) - with Wynton Marsalis/Various Artists (Sony) 2007
- We Are MTO - with Steven Bernstein (Mowo) 2008
- Love and Circumstance - with Carrie Rodriguez (Opus) 2010
Television appearances
- Talkin' Blues Bravo! Canada (2004)
References
External links
Categories:- Songwriters from Tennessee
- American blues guitarists
- American jazz guitarists
- Jazz fusion guitarists
- Post-bop guitarists
- People from Memphis, Tennessee
- 1972 births
- Living people
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