WAYNE KRANTZ TRIO
Wayne Krantz, guitar
Since 1986:
HAS played and/or recorded for: Binney, Potter, Fagen, the Breckers, the Dan, Cobham, Atakoglu, Bley, Bailey, Maria, Formanek, Anderson, Schwartz, Stern, Manieri, Anders, Wilkenfeld, Husband, Escreet, Hoenig, Barot, Weyland, Rahbany, Ridl
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, Brewer
HAS made 10 records: “Signals” (’91), “Long To Be Loose” (’93), “2 Drink Minimum” (’95), “Separate Cages” (’96), “Greenwich Mean” (’99), “Your Basic Live” (’03), “Your Basic Live ’06″, “Krantz Carlock Lefebvre” (’09), “Howie 61″ (’12), “Good Piranha Bad Piranha” (’14)
HAS made 1 book: “An Improviser’s OS” (2005)
HAS taught at: NYU, Berklee, countless workshops worldwide
BORN, RAISED: Corvallis, Oregon, USA
BELIEFS: Nature, family, music
Gear
Main guitar: currently a Strat-style loaner from John Suhr
Main amp: a Fender and a Marshall
Main pedals, etc: EH Freq Analyzer, Boss DD-3, Boss OC-2, EH Freeze, Vertex Boost, Maxon SD-9, Vemuram Jan Ray, Wren and Cuff Russian Fuzz, Vertex Wah, WET verb, G-Lab Power Box, D’Addario strings/tuners/earplugs/cables, Fender mediums
Main store: 30th Street Guitars NYC