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DESCRIPTION:\n\nNicholas Payton is widely considered one of the greatest ar
 tists of our time. Hailed as a virtuoso \nbefore he was even out of high s
 chool\, his maturation and talent has earned him praise and \naccolades\, 
 as well as insured his place in musical history.   \n \nWhen he was barely
  in his 20s\, Nicholas Payton made his major-label recording debut as a 
 leader with From This Moment (Verve). Since then\, Payton has consistently
  committed himself to \ndeveloping his distinct voice.\n \nHe says: As a m
 usician\, as an artist\, youre always trying to zero in on the bulls eye a
 s a \nmeans of becoming a better version of yourself. Ive been able to fin
 d the kind of music thats \nmore inclusive of all of my life. The approach
  and the ideas of my music have become more \nsingular\, more cohesive. I 
 have no agenda in terms of a specific genre or style\, only to be true to 
 who I am.\n \nNicholas Payton was born in New Orleans\, Louisiana\, into a
  musical family. Encouraged by his \nmother\, a pianist and vocalist\, and
  his father the legendary bassist\, composer and educator \nWalter Payton\
 , Nicholas showed talent for music at a very early age. He received his fi
 rst \ntrumpet at age four and by age nine was sitting-in with local bands 
 including the Young Tuxedo \nBrass Band.  By the age of 12\, he was a memb
 er of the All Star Brass Band that performed and \ntoured extensively. As 
 he grew up and studied\, Nicholas successfully learned how to play several
  \ninstruments. In addition to being an accomplished trumpeter\, Nicholas 
 plays piano\, bass\, drums\, \ntuba\, trombone\, clarinet and saxophone\, 
 et al.  During his high school years\, Payton attended the \nNew Orleans C
 enter for Creative Arts to study with Clyde Kerr Jr. and after graduation 
 attended \nthe University of New Orleans where he studied with Harold Batt
 iste and Ellis Marsalis.\n \nAs a leader\, he has recorded: From This Mome
 nt (1994\, Verve)\; Gumbo Nouveau (1995\, Verve)\; \nPaytons Place (1998\,
  Verve)\; Nick@Night (1999\, Verve)\; Dear Louis (2001\, Verve)\; Sonic Tr
 ance \n(2003\, Warner Bros.)\; Into The Blue (2008\, Nonesuch)\; Bitches (
 2011\, In+Out Records)\; and \nGRAMMY award-winning collaboration with Doc
  Cheatham\, the legendary trumpeter\, \nentitled Doc Cheatham & Nicholas P
 ayton (1997\, Verve).\n \nSpanning a multitude of musical genres\, Payton 
 has composed and arranged\, performed and \nrecorded with his own groups i
 n many settings\, including solo\, duo\, trio\, quartet\, quintet\, sextet
 \, \n21-piece big band\, as well as his 2012 full orchestral work\, The Bl
 ack American Symphony.\n \nSignificant collaborations include: Trey Anasta
 sio\, Ray Brown\, Ray Charles\, Daniel Lanois\, Dr. \nJohn\, Stanley Jorda
 n\, Elvin Jones\, Herbie Hancock\, Roy Haynes\, Joe Henderson\, Wynton \nM
 arsalis\, Zigaboo Modeliste\, Marcus Roberts\, Jill Scott\, Wayne Shorter\
 , Clark Terry\, Allen \nToussaint\, Chucho Valdes\, Dr. Michael White\, Na
 ncy Wilson\, and many others.  He is credited \non over 120 recordings as 
 a composer\, arranger\, special guest or sideman.\n \nSpanning a multitude
  of musical genres\, Payton has composed and arranged\, performed and \nre
 corded with his own groups in many settings\, including solo\, duo\, trio\
 , quartet\, quintet\, sextet\, \n21-piece big band\, as well as his 2012 f
 ull orchestral work\, The Black American Symphony.  \n \nSignificant colla
 borations include: Trey Anastasio\, Ray Brown\, Ray Charles\, Daniel Lanoi
 s\, Dr. \nJohn\, Stanley Jordan\, Elvin Jones\, Herbie Hancock\, Roy Hayne
 s\, Joe Henderson\, Wynton \nMarsalis\, Zigaboo Modeliste\, Marcus Roberts
 \, Jill Scott\, Wayne Shorter\, Clark Terry\, Allen \nToussaint\, Chucho V
 aldes\, Dr. Michael White\, Nancy Wilson\, and many others.  He is credite
 d \non over 120 recordings as a composer\, arranger\, special guest or sid
 eman.  \n\nNicholas has performed at major concert halls and festivals wor
 ldwide\, notably: The Apollo \nTheater\, Brevard North Carolina Music Fest
 ival\, Barbican Theater (London)\, Brooklyn \nAcademy of Music\, Carnegie 
 Hall\, Cite de la Music (Paris)\, Disney Hall\, Essence Music \nFestival\,
  Lincoln Center\, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival\, Orchestra Hall 
 (Chicago)\, \nSmetana Hall (Prague)\, Sziget Festival (Budapest)\, Vienna 
 Opera House\, The White House \n(Clinton Administration).\n \nSelect telev
 ision and film credits include: Kansas City (Dir. Robert Altman)\; Origina
 l music \nfeatured in HBOs Treme Seasons 2 and 3 Concentric Circles & Lil 
 Dukes Strut and \nalso on FX Channels new series\, The Americans\, Nick @ 
 Night\; Icons Among Us \ndocumentary\; The Grammy Awards\; The Tonight Sho
 w\; The Tonight Show Brazil\; and EBS TV\, \nKorea. He appears in the fina
 l episode of HBOs Treme as an actor and musician performing his \ncomposit
 ion\, The Backward Step.\n \nNicholas is a Distinguished Artist and Visiti
 ng Lecturer at Tulane University. He has taught \nmaster classes\, clinics
  and workshops at over 40 institutions\, including Berklee College of \nMu
 sic\, The Connecticut Forum (with Beverly Sills\, Bobby Weir and Trey Anas
 tasio)\, Cornell \nUniversity\, Institute of Superior Arts (Havana\, Cuba)
 \, Loyola University\, Northwestern \nUniversity\, Oberlin College & Conse
 rvatory\, Skidmore College\, Stanford University\, Thelonious \nMonk Insti
 tute\, et. al.\n \n#BAM Live at Bohemian Caverns\, Paytons latest release\
 , is the first for his own imprint\, BMF \nRecords . Recorded at the histo
 ric Washington\, D.C. club\, Bohemian Caverns\, on November \n3\, 2012\, t
 he album features a blistering set that captures Payton's now renowned pro
 wess on the \ntrumpet  while simultaneously playing the Fender Rhodes pian
 o. His genius and unmistakable \noriginality is on wide display for this r
 ecording.\n \nThe hashtag\, #BAM\, stands for Black American Music. The #B
 AM movement created by \nNicholas\, states the revolutionary\, yet evident
 \, idea that music of the Black American diaspora is \nmore similar than d
 issimilar. Black American Music speaks of his and all music descending \nf
 rom the Black American experience\, including spirituals\, gospel\, blues\
 , so-called jazz and soul. \nA prolific writer\, the genesis of the #BAM m
 ovement was in reaction to a blog post on \nNovember 27\, 2011 entitled:  
 On Why Jazz Isn't Cool Anymore. \n \nLike the Ghanaian Sankofa bird in the
  BMF logo\, it is Paytons mission to go back in history to \nextract the r
 ichness and lost knowledge of the past in order to elevate todays consciou
 sness. \nHailed as The Savior of Archaic Pop\, Payton is rooted in traditi
 on\, yet isnt stuck there. His \nlifes work is to dismantle the status quo
  and to subvert mediocrity by giving rise to quality. 
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