Smoke Sessions

Hangin' in and Jivin'

Gold Dust Black Magic

The Couch Sessions

From a Flicker to a Flame...

Bleek's Blues

Along Came Betty

Jazz is a Four-Letter Word

Pinocchio

Bust-a-Move

His Name is Lenny

#bamisforthechildren

#bamisforthechildren (feat. Esperanza Spalding, Karriem Riggins, Ivan Neville, Erica Falls & Otis McDonald)

Unconditional Love

Unconditional Love (feat. Esperanza Spalding)

TRIUNE

Jazz Is a Four-Letter Word (feat. Esperanza Spalding & Karriem Riggins)

Gold Dust Black Magic (feat. Esperanza Spalding & Karriem Riggins)

Let It Ride (feat. Esperanza Spalding & Karriem Riggins)

Ultraviolet (feat. Esperanza Spalding, Karriem Riggins & Nikki Glaspie)

Feed the Fire (Bonus Track) [feat. Esperanza Spalding & Karriem Riggins]

Into the Blue

Chinatown

Dear Louis

Hello Dolly

Payton's Place

Zigaboogaloo

Gumbo Nouveau

Weather Bird

A Touch Of Silver

Tiger Rag

When The Saints Go Marching In

The Three Trumpeteers

After You've Gone

The Last Goodbye

Nick@Night

Sun Goddess

Jazz For Joy: A Verve Christmas Album

Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

Home For The Holidays

Relaxin' with Nick

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 . It’s at once a nod to the past and a leap into the future. “It’s an amalgam of every recording I’ve done up until now,” says Payton. “As a musician, as an artist, you’re always trying to zero in on the bull’s eye as a means of becoming a better version of yourself. With Into the Blue, I’ve been able to find the kind of music that’s more inclusive of all of my life. The approach and the ideas of my music have become more singular, more cohesive. I had no agenda in terms of a specific genre or style, only to be true to who I am now.”

Nicholas Payton

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