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Nicholas Payton
Nicholas Payton
Born: Jan 1, 1973 in New Orleans, LA
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Genre: Jazz
Styles: Post Bop, Avant-Garde/Free Jazz, Crossover Jazz, Dixieland & New Orleans Jazz, Fusion/Jazz Rock, Jazz-Funk
Biography: Trumpeter, composer, and bandleader Nicholas Payton was raised in New Orleans, a town chock-full of trumpet players, and while an innovator himself, he followed in the footsteps of a mile-long line of tradition-based players including Buddy Bolden, Louis Armstrong, Al Hirt, and of course, Wynton Marsalis. ...Read full biography
Gumbo Nouveau
Gumbo Nouveau
Released: 1995
Label: Verve Records
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Only 22 at the time of this CD, Nicholas Payton had already quickly developed into a major trumpeter. Possessing a fat tone that is sometimes reminiscent of Freddie Hubbard, by the mid-'90s Payton had ...Read full review
Sonic Trance
Sonic Trance
Released: 2003
Label: Warner Bros.
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Changing labels from Verve to Warner Bros. and dropping any connection to his neo-bop past, trumpeter Nicholas Payton has crafted a funk-jazz album that unabashedly resurrects iconic trumpeter Miles Davis' ...Read full review
More Nicholas Payton albums: Main Albums (9), Singles & EPs (3)
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