Doug Wamble | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Samuel Douglas Wamble |
Born |
Clarksville, Tennessee, U.S. |
October 22, 1972
Genres | Jazz, blues |
Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
Instruments | Guitar |
Labels | Marsalis Music, E1, Halcyonic |
Website | www |
Doug Wamble (born Samuel Douglas Wamble, October 22, 1972, Clarksville, Tennessee) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.
Wamble grew up in Memphis and attended 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 recorded with 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 toured with Madeleine Peyroux and Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra. Wamble was signed to Marsalis Music 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.
Wamble's guitar playing was featured in the Ken Burns's World War II documentary, The War on PBS. He has also contributed music to Burns's documentary films, The 10th Inning and Prohibition and completed the original score for Burns's feature The Central Park Five. In 2014, he produced the album Hunter by Epic Records singer/wife Morgan James.
With Erik Friedlander
Selected producer discography