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Open on SoundCloud ↗Start with Doc Cheatham & Nicholas Payton (1997) album, Won a Grammy for Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
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Nicholas Payton, born September 26, 1973, in New Orleans, Louisiana, is a Grammy Award-winning trumpeter, multi-instrumentalist and composer raised in the city's Treme neighborhood. The son of bassist Walter Payton, he studied with Ellis Marsalis and emerged in the 1990s touring with Elvin Jones and Marcus Roberts. His sound is steeped in acoustic post-bop while often reaching beyond the jazz tradition