Walter Payton (musician)

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Walter Payton junior (born August 23, 1942 in New Orleans ; †  October 28, 2010 there ) was an American jazz musician ( bass , tuba ), band leader and music teacher .

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Walter Payton, the father of Nicholas Payton , was a long-time member of the jazz scene in his hometown New Orleans, he was a founding member of the New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra in 1967 and played in the Louisiana Repertory Jazz Ensemble , on whose 1986 album Sounds of Lost New Orleans he played with Ellis Marsalis in the Heritage Hall Jazz Band ( Cookin ' , 1986), the Young Excelsior Brass Band , in the Preservation Hall Jazz Band , with which he also toured internationally, and in the Young Tuxedo Brass Band ; He also led his own formations called Snap Bean Band and Gumbo File , with which he also toured worldwide. He also taught music at the New Orleans McDonogh 15 Elementary.

Payton presented his own album with his Gumbo File ( Live In Store at the Louisiana Music Factory New Orleans , 2001). He was also involved in the recording of Lee Dorsey's song Working in the Coal Mine (1966), as well as on Aaron Neville's Tell It Like It Is (1966), June Gardner , Robert Parker's Barefootin ' (1966), Sammy Rimmington ( The Exciting Sax ), Kermit Ruffins (1992), Michael White's Shake It & Break It and on the album Dear Louis (2001) by his son Nicholas. He also worked occasionally with Harry Connick Jr. , Champion Jack Dupree , Nancy Wilson and Chuck Carbo .

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  1. ↑ a b c Obituary at nola.com
  2. ^ A b See Cook & Morton, The Penguin Guide to Jazz . 2001, p. 928.
  3. ↑ a b Obituary by Keith Spera in The Times-Picayune, October 28, 2010 - Walter Payton, longtime New Orleans jazz bassist and educator, dies at 68
  4. ↑ a b Obituary Louisiana Weekly
personal data
SURNAME Payton, Walter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Payton, Walter junior (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH August 23, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH New Orleans
DATE OF DEATH October 28, 2010
Place of death New Orleans