Wayne de Silva

The Wayne de Silva Quartet: First Morning

by Jack Bowers
July 1, 2002

The references to Joe Henderson in the liner notes to Wayne de Silva’s CD, First Morning, aren’t misplaced; the young tenor saxophonist often mirrors Henderson’s temperament, both in spirit and in substance. On the other hand, he’s definitely no clone, using Henderson’s substructure as a springboard for his fresh improvisational concepts. The similarities between them are most apparent on the slower numbers, of which there are basically five (the program alternates roughly from fast to slow — or medium — ...