Results for "Cecil Payne"

All The Things You Are

Featuring the music of Cecil Payne
Duration: 6:37
April 10, 2009

Cecil Payne Dies at 84

November 27, 2007

Cecil Payne: Dec. 14, 1922 - Nov. 27, 2007 Born in Brooklyn on December 14, 1922, Cecil Payne proved one of the bebop eras strongest baritone saxophonists; nonetheless, he has always worked in undeserved obscurity. After leaving the military service in 1946, Payne cast aside the guitar, alto, and clarinet to pick up the bari for ...

Chic Boom

By Cecil Payne

Label: Delmark Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: Talk/ Chic Boom/ Ding-A-Ling/ You Will Be Mine Tonight/ Bosco/ Here?s That Rainy Day/ Cit Sac/ Theme.

Chic Boom, Live At The Jazz Showcase

By Cecil Payne

Label: Delmark Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: Talk; Chic Boom; Ding-A-Ling; You Will Be Mine Tonight; Bosco; Here's That Rainy Day; Cit Sac; Theme.

Cecil Payne: Chic Boom, Live At The Jazz Showcase

by David A. Orthmann
May 1, 2001

Although he'll always be known as the first baritone saxophonist to adapt the notoriously obdurate instrument to the complexities of bebop, some of Cecil Payne's finest music has been made during the most recent decade of his distinguished, 50-plus year career. Inspired by tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander and drummer Joe Farnsworth, two talented young players in ...

Cecil Payne: Chic Boom

by Derek Taylor
April 1, 2001

Active during the birth of be-bop Cecil Payne has been making memorable music for over sixty years. His warmly expressive baritone sound is a regular fixture in Chicago clubs like the Jazz Showcase, the venue where this affable string of dates for Delmark was taped. Payne's reservoir for Delmark is now four records deep and the ...

A Chat With Eric Alexander

by C. Andrew Hovan
July 1, 2000

One of the few “young lions" who is more influenced by Dexter Gordon and George Coleman than by John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins, tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander has come very far with his career in a short period of time. Following his first year of studying classical music at Indiana University as an alto player, Alexander ...

Payne's Window

By Cecil Payne

Label: Delmark Records
Released: 1999
Track listing: Spiritus Parkus/ Martin Luther King, Jr./ James/ That?s It Blues/ Payne?s Window/ Southside Samba/ Lover Man/ Tune Up/ Delilah/ Hold Tight.

Recorded: August 17-18, 1998, Riverside Studio, Chicago, IL

Cecil Payne: Payne's Window

by Derek Taylor
December 1, 1999

Cecil Payne turns seventy-seven this month. Most people who are lucky enough to reach such an advanced age have long since retired from their craft. Payne has chosen a different path and judging from the sturdy work on this disc he isn't showing many signs of slowing down in his twilight years. After over a half ...

Cecil Payne: Payne's Window

by Jack Bowers
May 1, 1999

Cecil Payne, one of the most commanding and creative baritone voices to emerge from the bop era, is now 77 years old and, we understand, in failing health, but one would never guess that from his latest Delmark release, recorded only last year, on which Payne apparently has no trouble keeping pace with such relative adolescents ...