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New Jazz It Up! Episode: Christian McBride, Nicholas Payton, Mark Whitfield and the Lew Tabackin Trio Plus the 2009 NEA Jazz Masters Ceremony with George Benson Performance

February 6, 2009

New York, NY - The very latest episode of the online jazz TV show, Jazz it Up!, is available now for your viewing pleasure. To subscribe and see a five-minute preview of the new episode. This edition of Jazz it Up! features two trios, both swinging hard: Nicholas Payton, Christian McBride and Mark Whitfield are seen ...

Blue Note 7: Mosaic: a Celebration of Blue Note Records

by J Hunter
January 7, 2009

Blue Note's 70th anniversary deserves more than a cake, a toast, and a chorus of “For He's a Jolly Good Fellow." To that end, The Blue Note 7's Mosaic: a Celebration of Blue Note Records is a collection of music from some of the imprint's greatest masters, as interpreted by a group of Blue Note's current ...

Into The Blue

By Nicholas Payton

Label: Nonesuch Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: Drucilla; Let It Ride; Triptych; Chinatown; The Crimson Touch; The Backwards Step; Nida; Blue; Fleur De Lis; The Charlestown Hop.

Trumpeter Nicholas Payton Intrerviewed at AAJ

May 12, 2008

Trumpeter Nicholas Payton started out years ago as a musician known for being steeped in the traditions of his New Orleans origins. The “young lion" of about fifteen years ago had a brash, bold sound. He even produced a Luis Armstrong tribute--Dear Louis (Verve, 2001)--and did an album working with the classy Armstrong contemporary Doc Cheatham ...

Nicholas Payton: Playing Strong and Playing Blue

by R.J. DeLuke
May 12, 2008

Trumpeter Nicholas Payton started out years ago as a musician known for being steeped in the traditions of his New Orleans origins. The “young lion" of about fifteen years ago had a brash, bold sound. He even produced a Louis Armstrong tribute--Dear Louis (Verve, 2001)--and did an album working with the classy Armstrong contemporary Doc Cheatham--Doc ...

Zigaboogaloo

Featuring the music of Nicholas Payton
Duration: 8:01
April 18, 2008

Nicholas Payton: Into The Blue

by Chris May
April 16, 2008

This is a strange mixture of an album. It includes passages of extraordinary and singular beauty and others of noodling anonymity. Practically all of the interest lies in trumpeter Nicholas Payton's performances; most of the blandness comes from his band. The two best tracks, “Drucilla" and “Chinatown," are so exquisitely gorgeous that they almost make up ...

Mysterious Shorter

By Nicholas Payton

Label: Not On Label (Nicholas Brooks Self-release)
Released: 2006

Live in New York 1.24.04

By Nicholas Payton

Label: Kufala Recordings
Released: 2005
Track listing: 1. Seance 2. Fela 3. Cannabis Leaf Rag 4. Concentric Circles 5. Go Round 6. Blu Hays 7. Two Mexicans on the Wall 8. I'm Trying to Swing as Little as Possible 9. Stardust 10. Silence

Nicholas Payton & Sonic Trance: Live in New York 1.24.04

by Jeff Stockton
January 6, 2005

On the surface, Nicholas Payton's Sonic Trance is a fusion band. The leader occasionally tricks out his horn with effects, pianist Scott Kinsey moves over to electric keyboard from time to time, and percussionist Daniel Sadownick does his best to establish an Agharta vibe on congas. But there is no electric guitar in Sonic Trance, and ...