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Article: Album Review

The Blue Note 7: Mosaic

Read "Mosaic" reviewed by Marcia Hillman


Celebrating the 70th/25th anniversaries of Blue Note Records (70 years since its founding and 25 years since its re-launch), The Blue Note 7 makes its debut with a resounding impact. Pianist Bill Charlap, trumpeter Nicholas Payton, tenor saxophonist Ravi Coltrane, alto saxophonist Steve Wilson, guitarist Peter Bernstein, bassist Peter Washington and drummer Lewis Nash perform eight ...

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News: Recording

Percussionist Daniel Sadownick Releases "There Will Be a Day"

Percussionist Daniel Sadownick Releases "There Will Be a Day"

Daniel Sadownick is one of the world's premier percussionists. His resume includes work with names such as The Roots, Dennis Chambers, Billy Idol, Pat Martino, Nicholas Payton, Me'shell Ndege'ocello, Christian McBride, Raul Midon and The Screaming Headless Torsos, just to name a few. He has played on six Grammy-winning albums and had several nominations for his ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Blue Note Records 70th Anniversary Tour Comes to the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia

Blue Note Records 70th Anniversary Tour Comes to the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia

Blue Note Records 70th Anniversary Tour Featuring Peter Bernstein, Bill Charlap, Ravi Coltrane, Lewis Nash, Nicholas Payton, Peter Washington and Steve Wilson Friday, April 3, 2009 at 8pm Verizon Hall Price: $26-$64 “[Steve] Wilson is a consummate player whose bright but husky, legato attack and evenness ...

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Article: Record Label Profile

Blue Note at 70

Read "Blue Note at 70" reviewed by Joel Roberts


No label in jazz can match the history and legacy of Blue Note Records. Since its founding in New York in 1939 by German emigre Alfred Lion, Blue Note has been associated with an amazing assortment of jazz luminaries including Horace Silver, Art Blakey, Jimmy Smith, Lee Morgan, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, ...

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News: Technology

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

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

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 ...

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Article: Album Review

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

Read "Mosaic: a Celebration of Blue Note Records" reviewed by J Hunter


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 ...

Album

Into The Blue

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.

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News: Website

Trumpeter Nicholas Payton Intrerviewed at AAJ

Trumpeter Nicholas Payton Intrerviewed at AAJ

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 ...

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Article: Interview

Nicholas Payton: Playing Strong and Playing Blue

Read "Nicholas Payton: Playing Strong and Playing Blue" reviewed by R.J. DeLuke


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 ...

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Video

Zigaboogaloo

Featuring the music of Nicholas Payton
Duration: 8:01

Nicholas Payton at Jazzbaltica, 1999. With Adonis Rose, drums; Brice Winston, tenor sax; Anthony Wonsey, piano.

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