Nicholas Payton

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search

Nicholas Payton (born September 26, 1973) is an American trumpet and keyboard player from New Orleans, Louisiana.[1] The son of bassist and sousaphonist Walter Payton,[2] he began his musical career at an early age playing alongside his father and with Danny Barker's Roots of Jazz Brass Band.[3] In 1997 Payton and Doc Cheatham won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Solo for their playing on "Stardust".[4]

Contents

Discography[edit]

  • 1994 - From This Moment (Verve)
  • 1995 - Gumbo Nouveau (Verve)
  • 1997 - Fingerpainting: The Music Of Herbie Hancock (Verve) with Christian McBride and Mark Whitfield
  • 1997 - Doc Cheatham & Nicholas Payton (Verve)
  • 1998 - Payton's Place (PolyGram)
  • 1999 - Nick@Night (Verve)
  • 1999 - Trumpet Legacy (Milestone) with Lew Soloff, Tom Harrell, and Eddie Henderson
  • 2001 - Dear Louis (Verve)
  • 2003 - Sonic Trance (Warner Bros.)
  • 2004 - Live in New York 1.24.04 (Kufala Recordings) with Sonic Trance
  • 2006 - Mysterious Shorter (Chesky) with Sam Yahel, Billy Drumond, John Hart, and Bob Belden
  • 2008 - Into The Blue (Nonesuch)
  • 2011 - Bitches (In+Out) [5]
  • 2013 - "BAM: Live at Bohemian Caverns" (BMF Records)

As sideman[edit]

With Elvin Jones

With Allen Toussaint

References[edit]

  1. ^ http://www.jazztrumpetsolos.com/Nicholas_Payton_Biography.asp
  2. ^ Spera, Keith (2010-10-28). "Walter Payton, longtime New Orleans jazz bassist and educator, dies at 68". The Times-Picayune. Retrieved 2012-1-12. 
  3. ^ Burns, Mick. Keeping the Beat on the Street: The New Orleans Brass Band Renaissance. Louisiana State University Press: 2006. pp 16, 102.
  4. ^ http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=Nicholas+Payton&title=&year=All&genre=All
  5. ^ Allmusic

External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Nicholas Payton
Authority control
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nicholas_Payton&oldid=557746662"