[jazz_guitar] RIP: Walter Payton, jazz bassist and educator
akmbirch
Walter Payton Jr., the genial bassist who anchored the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and shaped generations of public school students, died Thursday at Kindred Hospital-New Orleans following a lengthy illness. He was 68.
Mr. Payton, the father of Grammy-winning trumpeter Nicholas Payton, was an exceptionally versatile musician and an exceptionally engaging personality. A student of music theory and music history, he could easily switch from electric bass to upright acoustic bass, from rhythm & blues to traditional jazz to modern jazz. He was also an accomplished classical musician who, for many years, kept a grand piano in his parlor. His recording credits include Aaron Neville's "Tell It Like It Is" and Lee Dorsey's "Working in a Coal Mine."
http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2010/10/walter_payton_longtime_new_orl.html
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akmbirch
Authored by: Mike Kobrin
Walter Payton in His Own Words
Listen to a tribute to Walter Payton by Eve Abrams:
http://www.wwoz.org/new+orleans+community/memoriam+walter+payton
A public memorial and tribute will be hosted by Preservation Hall on Saturday, November 20 at 10:30 a.m. After a short service, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band will perform a second line through the French Quarter, down St. Claude Ave., and past McDonough 15 where Walt taught music for many years.
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Alisdair MacRae Birch
Guitarist/Bassist/Educator/Arranger
http://www.alisdair.com