2004-01-24
Nicholas Payton’s first album for Warner Brothers becomes the first bold jazz statement of 2004. Sonic Trance immediately harkens to mind Bitches Brew-era Miles Davis, with its echoed trumpet and loose psychedelic ambience. The album further ventures into Afro-beat, reggae rants, funk-fusion, trip-hop and other controlled-substance craziness.Payton garnered a Grammy-nomination for his 1997 collaboration with then 90-year-old trumpet great Doc Cheatham, an album also available in the WYCE library.
THE RICK HOLLAND-EVAN DOBBINS LITTLE BIG BAND
Trilby
CASSANDRA WILSON
Loverly
CONRAD HERWIG
THE LATIN SIDE OF HERBIE HANCOCK
MIKE FROST PROJECT
Live
MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL 50TH ANNIVERSARY ALL-STARS
Live at the 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival
SPEAK
Speak
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