Wayne Linsey

Keyboard player, also guitarist, bassist and drummer, living in Los Angeles - was a band member of "Tonight Show Band" on keyboards. As a scholar of the Howard University in Washington, D.C. he formed his own trio. After relocating to Los Angeles, Linsey began performing with artists as Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Miles Davis, Whitney Houston, Babyface, Diana Ross, The Jacksons and Earth Wind & Fire. He was also an integral member of the group Maze featuring Frankie Beverly for many years. Linsey also has his share of television and feature-film credits, including Robert Townsend's "The Five Heartbeats, " "Motown Live," "Fame," "Cedric the Entertainer," "American Idol," "The NAACP Image Awards," "The Grammy Awards," "The Wayne Brady Show," "The MTV Europe Awards" and was musical director for "The Oprah Winfrey Show".