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Cecil Payne
Cecil Payne at the Kitano Hotel Jazz Club, NYC on June 11, 2005
Cecil Payne at the Kitano Hotel Jazz Club, NYC on June 11, 2005
Background information
Birth name Cecil Payne
Born December 14, 1922(1922-12-14)
Origin Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died November 27, 2007 (aged 84)
Genre(s) Bop
Hard bop
Occupation(s) Saxophonist
Flautist
Instrument(s) Baritone saxophone
Alto saxophone
Flute
Label(s) Delmark Records
Associated acts Dizzy Gillespie, Randy Weston

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Biography

Early life

Payne received his first saxophone at age 13, asking his father for one after hearing Honeysuckle Rose by Count Basie, performed by Lester Young. William "Count" Basie ( August 21, 1904 &ndash April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, Organist Lester Willis Young ( August 27, 1909 &ndash March 15, 1959) nickname 'Prez' was an American Jazz tenor Saxophonist Payne took lessons from a local alto sax player, Pete Brown. James Ostend "Pete" Brown (November 9 1906 Baltimore, Maryland - September 20 1963 New York City) was an American Jazz alto saxophonist

Career

Payne began his professional recording career with J. J. Johnson on the Savoy label in 1946. J J Johnson (born James Louis Johnson) in Indianapolis Indiana, ( January 22, 1924 - February 4, 2001) was a For the two French départements of the region of Savoy see Savoie and Haute-Savoie Savoy ( French During that year he was also began playing with Roy Eldridge, through whom he met Dizzy Gillespie. Roy David Eldridge ( January 30, 1911 &ndash February 26, 1989) nicknamed "Little Jazz" was an American John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie ( October 21 1917 &ndash January 6 1993) was an American Jazz Trumpeter His earlier recordings would largely fall under the swing category, until Gillespie hired him. Swing music, also known as swing jazz, is a form of Jazz music that developed in the early 1930s and had solidified as a distinctive style by 1935 in the United Payne stayed onboard until 1949, heard performing solos on "Ow!" and "Stay On It". In the early 1950s he found himself working with Tadd Dameron, and worked with Illinois Jacquet from 1952 to 1954. Tadley Ewing Peake (Tadd Dameron ( February 21, 1917 &ndash March 8, 1965) was an American Jazz Pianist Jean-Baptiste Illinois Jacquet ( October 31, 1922 &ndash July 22, 2004) was a Jazz tenor Saxophonist most famous for his He then started freelance work in New York and frequently performed during this period with Randy Weston, with whom Payne worked with until 1960. A freelancer, freelance worker, or freelance is a person who pursues a profession without a long-term commitment to any one employer New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Randy Weston (born April 6, 1926 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American Jazz Pianist and Composer [1] Payne was still recording regularly for Delmark Records in the 1990s, when he was in his seventies, and indeed on into the new millennium. Delmark Records is the oldest Independent record label in the United States.

Personal life

Payne was a cousin of trumpeter Marcus Belgrave, whom he recorded with briefly. Marcus Belgrave (b June 12, 1936) is a Jazz Trumpet player from Detroit, born in Chester Pennsylvania. [2] Aside from his career in music Payne helped run his father's real estate company during the 1950s. Real estate is a legal term (in some jurisdictions notably in the USA, United Kingdom [3] Payne once said that his parents urged him to consider dentistry as a career. He countered their suggestion by pointing out that no one would ever entrust his or her teeth to a "Dr. Payne. "[4]

Partial Discography

References

  1. ^ Gitler, Ira (2001). The Masters of Bebop: A Listener's Guide. Da Capo Press, 40, 41. ISBN 0306810093.  
  2. ^ Yanow, Scott (2001). Scott Yanow (born 4 October 1954 in New York) is an American Jazz commentator Trumpet Kings: The Players Who Shaped the Sound. Backbeat Books, 49. ISBN 0879306084.  
  3. ^ "Ibid"; Gitler, Ira
  4. ^ Cecil Payne at the Up Over Jazz Cafe, Brooklyn, N. Y. 2000
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