Nicholas Payton

Nicholas Payton
Payton playing at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, 5 May 2007
Background information
Born	(1973-09-26) 26 September 1973 New Orleans, Louisiana United States
Genres	#BAM, Black American Music
Occupation	Musician
Instrument(s)	Trumpet, Fender Rhodes, piano, bass, drums, organ, vocals, percussion
Years active	1990–present
Labels	Verve, Warner Bros., Blue Note/EMI, Nonesuch
Website	Nicholas Payton Official site

Nicholas Payton (born September 26, 1973) is an American trumpet player.

Discography

• 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) [1]

As sideman

With Elvin Jones

• Youngblood (Enja, 1992)
• Going Home (Enja, 1992)
• It Don't Mean a Thing (Enja, 1993)

With Allen Toussaint

• The Bright Mississippi (Nonesuch Records, 2009)

External links

• Nicholas Payton Official site
• Biography from JazzTrumpetSolos.com
• Interview with Nicholas Payton for jazzInternet.com
• "In Conversation with Nicholas Payton" by Ted Panken, (Jazz.com)
• Nicholas Payton: Live At The Village Vanguard - slideshow by NPR