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Instrument: Trumpet

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Since 1994 when Nicholas Payton made his recording debut as a leader with From This Moment, the trumpeter has been lauded as a significant, top-tier voice in jazz. Even though he started out as a ��young lion of jazz,�� heralded as one of the new-generation guardians of the hard bop flame, Payton consistently committed himself to discovering his voice outside of the strict confines of that rearview mirror approach to the music. While his jazz journey has taken him down many roads"from heritage artist to electric experimenter"the 34-year-old trumpeter arrives at a new plateau of jazz maturity with Into the Blue, his ninth album and his first for Nonesuch

Album

Out Late

By Eric Reed

Label: Smoke Sessions Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Glow; All'umfrs; Shadoboxing; They; Out Late; The Weirdos; Delightful Daddy.

Album

Triune

By Nicholas Payton

Label: Smoke Sessions Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Unconditional Love; Ultraviolet; Jazz Is a Four-Letter Word; Let It Ride; Gold Dust Black Magic; #bamisforthechildren; Feed the Fire.

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Kelly Green, Jen Allen, Nicholas Payton, Christian McBride Big Band, Gino Amato & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
September 8, 2025

This broadcast includes new releases from Kelly Green, Jen Allen, Nicholas Payton, Christian McBride Big Band and Gino Amato, with birthday shoutouts to Alice Coltrane, Dinah Washington, Adrienne Fenemor, Cecile McLorin Salvant, Linda May Han Oh, Meshell Ndegeocello, Rachel Eckroth and Vicki Burns, among others, plus a remembrance of Honorable Man Ronny Whyte. Happy listening and ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

RIP Sheila Jordan, New Music from Carlos Jimenez, Eric Alexander & Vincent Herring, and more, Birthday Music from Cyrille Aimee, Stuff Smith, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, and More

by David W. Daniels
August 19, 2025

The program will feature classic jazz, current jazz that is in the tradition of classic jazz, jazz fusion, and music by local artists covering all forms of jazz.? We do this in three hour long segments: 1: Classic jazz; 2: Recent jazz that is in the tradition; and 3: Jazz musicians who had birthdays during the ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Mark Winkler, Yuko Mabuchi, Bonnie J. Jensen, Lauren Henderson, Emma Hendrick, Nicholas Payton & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
August 11, 2025

This broadcast includes new releases from Mark Winkler, Yuko Mabuchi, Bonnie J. Jensen, Lauren Henderson, Emma Hendrick plus a single from Nicholas Payton's latest, with birthday shoutouts to Honorable Men Hank Jones, Tony Bennett and Kevin Mahogany plus Camille Bertault, Tara Davidson, Kat Edmonson, Antoinette Montegue, Shamie Royston, Claudia Acuna and Connie Converse, among others. Happy ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Snorre Kirk, Ryan Keberle, Mike Freeman, Sinne Eeg and more

by Benjamin Boddie
August 7, 2025

Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Snorre Kirk, Ryan Keberle's Collective, Mike Freeman ZonaVibe, Sinne Eeg & Jacob Christoffersen, Bob Schlesinger, Brandee Younger, Neff Irizarry, Lauren Scales, Emma Smith, Marcello Carelli, Michael Dease, Etienne Charles, Sam Dillon, Joe Farnsworth, Allan Harris, Cory Weeds & Jerry Weldon, Antonio Adolfo, Mike Thompson, Marilyn Kleinberg, Benny Benack III, Greg ...

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Gary Bartz, Zoh Amba, Greg Tardy and Oscar Rossignoli

by Hobart Taylor
August 6, 2025

New music from Gary Bartz, Zoh Amba, Oscar Rossignoli and Allison Miller. Playlist Gary Bartz “In Search of my Heart-Love Surrounds Us" from Damage Control (OYO) 00:00 Zoh Amba “ Seaside" from Sun (Smalltownsounds) 10:08 Host Speaks 17:02 Allison Miller “Fierce" from Big and Lovely (Royal Potato Family) 18:35 George Burton Alexa Barchini “Your ...

Article: Album Review

Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band: Walk A Mile In My Shoe

Read "Walk A Mile In My Shoe" reviewed by Steve Plever

by Steve Plever
August 4, 2025

A glance through the track list--with covers of Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye and two swing-era vocal standards--could give you the wrong impression. Yes, this is a very accessible and soulful album, but it is serious and heartfelt jazz, with Orrin Evans' personal stamp making it work. Blues, soul and gospel sounds share the stage here ...

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Sarah Vaughan, G. Thomas Allen, Cecile McLorin Salvant, Billy Eckstine and More!

by Jua Howard
July 28, 2025

Greetings Music Family! It's time for another episode of the “First Instrument Jazz Show!" I've got new music from The DIVA Jazz Orchestra with Ann Hampton Callaway, Nnenna Freelon, Benny Benack III, Emma Smith and Kieran Brown, and more timeless music from Sarah Vaughan, Billy Eckstine, Cecile McLorin Salvant, G. Thomas Allen, Kate McGarry, Take 6 ...