Other musicians performed with include Ralph Peterson Jr., Ben Riley, Ron Carter, Rufus Reid, Bill Charlap, Bruce Barth, Jimmy Cobb, and Eddie Henderson.

He has worked with vocalists including Mary Stallings, Cynthia Scott, Nancie Banks, LaVerne Butler, and Carolyn Leonhart.

[citation needed] Born in London, Wayne and his mother Patricia Escoffery emigrated to the United States and settled in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1986.

[1] At age eleven, Escoffery joined the New Haven Trinity Boys Choir and began taking saxophone lessons from Malcolm Dickinson.

Escoffery was awarded a full scholarship to attend The Hartt School, where he studied with McLean for four years, and earned a bachelor's degree in Jazz Performance summa cum laude in 1997.