After Hours Smooth Jazz Tribute To Wayman Tisdale (1964 2009)

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 threetime All American at the University of Oklahoma, he was elected to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009. Tisdale graduated from Booker T. Washington High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he grew up. As a college player at the University of Oklahoma from 1982 to 1985, he was a threetime Big Eight Conference Player of the Year and the first player in collegiate history to be named a firstteam All American by the Associated Press in his freshman, sophomore, and junior seasons. He still holds the record at Oklahoma for the most points scored by any player through his freshman and sophomore seasons. He won a gold medal as a member of the 1984 U. S. Olympic basketball team coached by Indiana University s Bobby Knight. The Indiana Pacers made Tisdale the second overall pick in the 1985 NBA Draft. As a center and power forward,