Wayman Tisdale - It's Alright *k-kat blues & jazz café*

Wayman Lawrence Tisdale (June 9, 1964 -- May 15, 2009) was an American professional basketball player in the NBA and a smooth jazz bass guitarist. A three-time All American at the University of Oklahoma, he was elected to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009. Tisdale was born in Fort Worth, Texas. Tisdale called music his "first love". Throughout his youth, and continuing through his college basketball career, he played bass guitar at his father's church. Tisdale launched his music career with Power Forward in 1995 on the Motown Label. Primarily a bass player, he recorded eight albums, with the 2001 release Face to Face climbing to No. 1 on Billboard's contemporary jazz chart. In 2002, he was awarded the Legacy Tribute Award by the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame. In an ESPN internet chat, Tisdale said his musical influences include funk bands of the 1970s.