[Updated] In November, we reported that the new Nicholas Payton album was available for download. The Aspen Times interviewed him about Bitches, as the album is called:

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“‘Bitches,’ if I dare to categorize it, will be in the r&b, soul vein,” Payton said in the Apsen Times

Payton’s voice, not his trumpet, dominates , which also features guest vocalists Esperanza Spalding, N’dambi, Saunders Sermons and Chinah Blac. It’s in the mode of  partially in its borrowings from the fusion musical vocabulary, and in its break from what is expected of Payton.

Payton had Davis’ album in mind while making “Bitches,” he said, “because this is such a departure for me. Like ‘Bitches Brew’ was for Miles. It’s a similar sharp turn in my musical career.” (As for the provocative nature of the title, Payton says, “I figure if Miles can do ‘Bitches Brew,’ then 40 years later I can do just ‘Bitches.’”)

In November, Payton posted a download link to the album that we publicized, but it was taken down soon after. Now Bitches is once again available and can be downloaded here.

Update, 3:57 p.m.

Evidently the link above is dead again. Here’s a new one.