Nicholas Payton

Nicholas Payton (born September 26, 1973) is an American trumpet and keyboard player from New Orleans, Louisiana. The son of bassist and sousaphonist Walter Payton, he began his musical career at an early age playing alongside his father and with Danny Barker's Roots of Jazz Brass Band. In 1997 Payton and Doc Cheatham won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Solo for their playing on "Stardust".

Discography

 * 1994 - From This Moment (Verve)
 * 1995 - Gumbo Nouveau (Verve)
 * 1997 - Fingerpainting: The Music Of Herbie Hancock (Verve) with Christian McBride and Mark Whitfield
 * 1997 - Doc Cheatham & Nicholas Payton (Verve)
 * 1998 - Payton's Place (PolyGram)
 * 1999 - Nick@Night (Verve)
 * 1999 - Trumpet Legacy (Milestone) with Lew Soloff, Tom Harrell, and Eddie Henderson
 * 2001 - Dear Louis (Verve)
 * 2003 - Sonic Trance (Warner Bros.)
 * 2004 - Live in New York 1.24.04 (Kufala Recordings) with Sonic Trance
 * 2006 - Mysterious Shorter (Chesky) with Sam Yahel, Billy Drumond, John Hart, and Bob Belden
 * 2008 - Into The Blue (Nonesuch)
 * 2011 - Bitches (In+Out)
 * 2013 - "BAM: Live at Bohemian Caverns" (BMF Records)

As sideman
With Elvin Jones
 * Youngblood (Enja, 1992)
 * Going Home (Enja, 1992)
 * It Don't Mean a Thing (Enja, 1993)

With Allen Toussaint
 * The Bright Mississippi (Nonesuch Records, 2009)