Results for "Cecil Payne"

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 ...

Performing Charlie Parker Music

By Cecil Payne

Label: Collectables
Released: 1998
Track listing: Cool Blues; Shawnuff; Relaxin' At Camarillo; Bongo Bop; Hymn, The; Communion; Bongo Beep.

Cecil Payne: Performing Charlie Parker Music

by Joel Roberts
January 1, 1998

Cecil Payne has been on the scene since the late 1940s. Perhaps best known for his stint with the Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra and his long association with Randy Weston, he is one of the true masters of a difficult instrument, the baritone saxophone. Originally issued in 1961 on Charlie Parker Records, this album features Payne leading ...

Bright Moments

By Cecil Payne

Label: FMP
Released: 1980

Bird Gets The Worm

By Cecil Payne

Label:
Released: 1976
Track listing: Bird Gets The Worm; Repetition; Ninny Melina; Ko Ko; Interpolation:; All The Things You Are; Prince Albert; Bird Of Paradise; -; Constellation;

Movie Jazz

By Cecil Payne

Label: FMP
Released: 1975

Nica's Tempo

By Gigi Gryce

Label: Savoy Jazz
Released: 1974
Track listing: Speculation; In A Meditating Mood; Social Call; Smoke Signal; (You'll Always Be) The One I Love; Kerry Dance; Shuffle Boil; Brake's Sake; Gallop's Gallop; Nica's Tempo.