NICHOLAS PAYTON QUARTET Multi-instrumentalist, composer and trumpet
master, Nicholas Payton is one of the most important artists working
and recording today. A virtuoso before he was out of high school, his
talent and skills have earned him praise and accolades and ensured his
place in musical history. Spanning a multitude of musical genres,
Payton has composed and arranged, performed and recorded with his own
groups in many settings, including solo, duo, trio, quartet, quintet,
sextet, 21-piece big band, as well as his 2012 full orchestral work
The Black American Symphony. Payton was born into a musical family in
New Orleans, Louisiana. He showed talent for music at a very early
age. He received his first trumpet at age 4 and by age 9 was sitting
in with local bands including the Young Tuxedo Brass Band. By the age
of 12, he was a member of the All-Star Brass Band that performed and
toured extensively. As he developed and studied, Nicholas successfully
learned how to play several instruments. In addition to being an
accomplished trumpeter, Nicholas plays piano, bass, drums, tuba,
trombone, clarinet and saxophone, et al . During his high school
years, Payton attended the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts to
study with Clyde Kerr Jr. and after graduation attended the University
of New Orleans where he studied with Harold Battiste and Ellis
Marsalis, among others. ALL PATRONS, REGARDLESS OF AGE, MUST HAVE A
TICKET TO ATTEND PERFORMANCES. PLEASE CAREFULLY CONSIDER WHETHER A
PERFORMANCE IS APPROPRIATE FOR CHILDREN BEFORE PLANNING TO ATTEND. .
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