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Nicholas Payton: Into The Blue
by Chris May
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 ...
Live in New York 1.24.04
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
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 ...
A Fireside Chat with Nicholas Payton
by AAJ Staff
The term “young lion" has followed Nicholas Payton for the duration of his budding career. Fueled by urban legends of Wynton's personal involvement, pressure for Payton must now seem par for the course. Judging by Sonic Trance, his new album for Warner Bros., Payton has survived and more importantly, matured from the industry's unforgiving process. This ...
Sonic Trance
Label: Warner Music Group
Released: 2003
Track listing: Praalude (Sonic Trance); Fela 1; Velvet Handcuffs; Cannabis Leaf Rag 1; S
Nicholas Payton Puts NYC In A 'Sonic Trance'
by AAJ Staff
Nicholas Payton's “Sonic Trance" Iridium New York City October, 17, 2003 Nicholas Payton put the Big Apple in a “Sonic Trance" one cool October evening. Iridium is a delightful dining place, which also happens to host the best acts in jazz. When you're in New York, head over to 1650 ...
Nicholas Payton: In Conversation
by Gregory J. Robb
In some ways, Nicholas Payton's new Warner release, Sonic Trance, was inevitable: he says he was headed this way for quite some time. However, this record represents something of a highlight for the native of New Orleans ' a reach that grasps new uses of technology for aesthetic effect. From the moment we first ...
Nicholas Payton: Sonic Trance
by AAJ Staff
“I wasn’t interested in playing ‘tunes,’” says Nicholas Payton. “So the concept of ‘takes’ wasn’t going to work. We’d start something as I sketched it, then obliterate that and take it somewhere else. No one knew what to expect and that was what made it exciting.” Sonic Trance firmly establishes Nicholas Payton in the jazz world ...
