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Nicholas Payton

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Since 1994 when Nicholas Payton made his recording debut as a leader with From This Moment, the trumpeter has been lauded as a significant, top-tier voice in jazz. Even though he started out as a “young lion of jazz,” heralded as one of the new-generation guardians of the hard bop flame, Payton consistently committed himself to discovering his voice outside of the strict confines of that rearview mirror approach to the music. While his jazz journey has taken him down many roads"from heritage artist to electric experimenter"the 34-year-old trumpeter arrives at a new plateau of jazz maturity with Into the Blue, his ninth album and his first for Nonesuch

Album

Triune

Label: Smoke Sessions Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Unconditional Love; Ultraviolet; Jazz Is a Four-Letter Word; Let It Ride; Gold Dust Black Magic; #bamisforthechildren; Feed the Fire.

Album

Out Late

Label: Smoke Sessions Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Glow; All'umfrs; Shadoboxing; They; Out Late; The Weirdos; Delightful Daddy.

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Classic jazz from Horace Silver, Betty Carter, along with recent releases from Carole Nelson Trio, Eric Alexander, and more

Read "Classic jazz from Horace Silver, Betty Carter, along with recent releases from Carole Nelson Trio, Eric Alexander, and more" reviewed by David W. Daniels


Other classic jazz from Annie Ross, Quincy Jones, and more. New releases from Cecile McLorin Salvant, Atlanta's own Karla Harris, and more. Additional birthdays for Jon Hendricks, Brother Jack McDuff, Steve Coleman, and more. Playlist Horace Silver “Ill Wind"--from Further Explorations By The Horace Silver Quintet (Blue Note) 00:00 Annie Ross “Twisted"--from Jazz Divas: ...

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Article: Play This!

Nicholas Payton: #bamisforthechildren

Read "Nicholas Payton: #bamisforthechildren" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


Nicholas Payton's Triune (2025), brings listening joy galore, fueled by the deep chemistry of his all-star lineup: esperanza spalding on vocals and bass and Karriem Riggins on drums. Payton last worked with them some fifteen years ago in one of his earlier bands, and with all three in constant demand, this reunion was long in the ...

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Article: Live Review

2025 Detroit Jazz Festival: All Free, All Jazz

Read "2025 Detroit Jazz Festival: All Free, All Jazz" reviewed by Paul Rauch


2025 Detroit Jazz Festival Hart Plaza & Cadillac Square Detroit, MI August 28-September 1, 2025 There is a story Detroit Jazz Festival President and Artistic Director Chris Collins loves to tell about an intimate conversation he had with Gretchen Valade. Valade had rescued the festival from the brink of financial demise ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Santiago Leibson, Nicholas Payton, Ronny Graupe, Polar Bear & More

Read "Santiago Leibson, Nicholas Payton, Ronny Graupe, Polar Bear & More" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


Enjoy another batch of wonderful recent releases which reshuffle long-time collaborators into fresh configurations, as well as the reissues of two seminal albums by Polar Bear. Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (featuring Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Nicholas Payton featuring Esperanza Spalding, Karriem Riggins) “Gold Dust Black Magic ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Kelly Green, Jen Allen, Nicholas Payton, Christian McBride Big Band, Gino Amato & More

Read "Kelly Green, Jen Allen, Nicholas Payton, Christian McBride Big Band, Gino Amato & More" reviewed by Mary Foster Conklin


This broadcast includes new releases from Kelly Green, Jen Allen, Nicholas Payton, Christian McBride Big Band and Gino Amato, with birthday shoutouts to Alice Coltrane, Dinah Washington, Adrienne Fenemor, Cecile McLorin Salvant, Linda May Han Oh, Meshell Ndegeocello, Rachel Eckroth and Vicki Burns, among others, plus a remembrance of Honorable Man Ronny Whyte. Happy listening and ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

RIP Sheila Jordan, New Music from Carlos Jimenez, Eric Alexander & Vincent Herring, and more, Birthday Music from Cyrille Aimee, Stuff Smith, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, and More

Read "RIP Sheila Jordan, New Music from Carlos Jimenez, Eric Alexander & Vincent Herring, and more, Birthday Music from Cyrille Aimee, Stuff Smith, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, and More" reviewed by David W. Daniels


The program will feature classic jazz, current jazz that is in the tradition of classic jazz, jazz fusion, and music by local artists covering all forms of jazz.  We do this in three hour long segments: 1: Classic jazz; 2: Recent jazz that is in the tradition; and 3: Jazz musicians who had birthdays during the ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Mark Winkler, Yuko Mabuchi, Bonnie J. Jensen, Lauren Henderson, Emma Hendrick, Nicholas Payton & More

Read "Mark Winkler, Yuko Mabuchi, Bonnie J. Jensen, Lauren Henderson, Emma Hendrick, Nicholas Payton & More" reviewed by Mary Foster Conklin


This broadcast includes new releases from Mark Winkler, Yuko Mabuchi, Bonnie J. Jensen, Lauren Henderson, Emma Hendrick plus a single from Nicholas Payton's latest, with birthday shoutouts to Honorable Men Hank Jones, Tony Bennett and Kevin Mahogany plus Camille Bertault, Tara Davidson, Kat Edmonson, Antoinette Montegue, Shamie Royston, Claudia Acuna and Connie Converse, among others. Happy ...


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