Wayne Bergeron
| Wayne Bergeron | |
|---|---|
| Born |
January 16, 1958 Hartford, Connecticut, United States |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Bandleader, trumpeter |
| Instruments | Trumpet, flugelhorn |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Associated acts | Maynard Ferguson, Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band, |
| Website | waynebergeron |
Wayne Bergeron (born January 16, 1958) is an American jazz musician and trumpet player who rose to fame in the mid 1980s after playing lead trumpet in Maynard Ferguson's band. He is notable for his consistency and ability in the upper register of the instrument, some of which is highlighted in his scream trumpet work in the soundtrack of The Incredibles. He is a prominent session musician, with his playing featured on hundreds of motion picture soundtracks, and he has collaborated with many mainstream musicians.
Born in 1958 in Hartford, Connecticut, Bergeron grew up in Southern California. His interest in music started at a young age, and he began playing French Horn. However, he switched to trumpet in the 8th grade. While he was in middle school, he was trying to balance on a box next to a car when he slipped, smashing into the car and chipping his tooth. It is thought that due to the chip in his tooth, he is able to blow more air through the horn and play higher notes easier. However, this has not been proven, and even Bergeron himself is not positively sure what contributes to his natural ability on trumpet. He has been quoted saying: “I found I had natural ability for playing the trumpet in the upper register at an early age.” Even early on, he was able to capably play in a high register on the trumpet, a skill that takes most trumpet players years to develop. Wayne has said that it was difficult for him to learn the trumpet because he naturally played everything up two octaves. He could play a double high C (C7) before he could play low C (C4/middle C).
Wayne took to trumpet quickly; Ron Savitt, his high school band director, molded his natural abilities into practical working skills. Savitt did this by having Wayne play and sight-read many different types of music, rather than focus on any one particular type of music. Wayne has credited this teaching method to his success in the studio industry today.
In 1986, Wayne landed a lead trumpet position with the Maynard Ferguson Band. Ferguson spoke highly of him, “Wayne is one of my all time favorite lead players that has performed in my band. His first solo CD is long overdue.”
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