Jim Payne

James Martin "Jim" Payne (* 1943 ) is an American funk and fusion musician ( drums , composition ) and music producer .

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Payne first learned the accordion . He began his musical career as a teenager in Connecticut in the late 1950s, when he was self-taught on drums with a local doo-wop band, the Deltrons . While studying at Yale University , he played in R&B bands such as Prince La La La & the Midnight Creepers and the Five Satins . He spent the summers in Florida with a local band that supported Hank Ballard , Eddie Floyd and Spyder Turner.

He then completed his Masters in Business Administration at Columbia University in New York and began studying music at the Juilliard School and the Manhattan School of Music with lessons from Sonny Igoe , Henry Adler and Philly Joe Jones . He has worked with a wide variety of groups and artists including Blues Magoos ( Gulf Coast Bound , 1970), National Lampoon Radio Dinner , Neil Harbus, Link Wray , Esther Phillips , Esther Satterfield, Edwin Birdsong (with the Brecker Brothers ), or Dave Liebman the San Francisco Inspiration Choir . During this time he also worked as musical director for Motown singer Mary Wells .

Visits to Steve Cropper , Al Jackson, Jr. and Albert King in Memphis inspired Payne to compose and produce himself. In the early 1980s he was a founding member of the funk band Slickaphonics with Ray Anderson , Allan Jaffe , Mark Helias and Steve Elson , with whom he recorded five self-produced albums for Enja and Teldec and toured the USA and Europe several times. In 1988 Payne moved to Florida and wrote and produced for King Snake Studios; he worked with artists such as Rufus Thomas , Razzy Bailey , Alex Taylor, Ace Moreland and Gregg Allman . For Gramavision Records he produced the JBHorns with Maceo Parker and Pee Wee Ellis . Back in New York, further productions were made for Enja, TDK / Core Japan, Tokuma Japan and Gramavision. Among others, he produced Medeski, Martin & Wood ( It's a Jungle In Here and Friday Afternoon in the Universe ), David Fiuczynski / John Medeski ( Lunar Crush ), but also his album Jim Payne's New York Funk Vol.1. (Gramavision). He also worked with his band House of Payne .

In recent years, Payne has focused on his own band with Jerrry Z on organ and Bill Bickford , with whom he toured several times; her first album Sensei (2003) reached number 33 on the jazz charts; The album Energie followed in 2005 .

In 1992 a drum school for beginners, Drums from Day One, appeared . In 1999 Payne wrote the book Funk Drumming (more recent editions as Advanced Funk Drumming ). After a biography of Tito Puente , his drummer lexicon Give the Drummers Some! . He also teaches as a drum teacher.

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SURNAME	Payne, Jim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Payne, James Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American funk and fusion musician (drums, composition) and music producer
DATE OF BIRTH	1943