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Nicholas Payton’s Bitches Album Sees Commercial Release
After Nicholas Payton‘s infectious, groove-heavy album Bitches was rejected by Concord Records in 2010, Payton leaked it online for free download in November that year. In early 2011 it appeared […]
Nicholas Payton: His Song
“I want to embark on another journey that will include the music of my own generation,” Nicholas Payton said over coffee at Café Luna on Magazine Street in 2009. “I […]
Nicholas Payton, Bitches (mixtape)
Those of you expecting Nicholas Payton’s new record to sound like his great records Dear Louis or Doc Cheatham and Nicholas Payton will be very surprised. Bitches takes the sound […]
New Nicholas Payton Mixtape
[Updated] In July, trumpeter Nicholas Payton told the Aspen Times about his upcoming album, Bitches: “‘Bitches,’ if I dare to categorize it, will be in the r&b, soul vein,” Payton […]
Nicholas Payton, Mysterious Shorter (Chesky)
The influence of saxophonist Wayne Shorter on the world of jazz is undeniable. As a member of the 1960s Miles Davis Quintet and then as co-founder of the ’70s fusion […]
Nicholas Payton, Dear Louis (Verve)
“He’s the closest to Louis Armstrong that I’ve ever heard,” Doc Cheatham used to say of Nicholas Payton, and anyone who’s experienced Payton’s wondrously expressive trumpeting—equally explosive in a modern […]
Nicholas Payton: Reinventing the Tradition
Steeped in the legacy of New Orleans music, Nicholas Payton comes of age with a new generation’s vision for the future. “I wanted to do something more personal than anything […]
