| Payton, Nicholas / Relaxin' With Nick |
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| Album: | Relaxin' With Nick | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Payton, Nicholas | Added: | Nov 2019 | |
| Label: | Smoke Sessions | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2019-12-04 | Pull Date: | 2020-02-05 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Feb 2 | Jan 19 | Jan 12 | Dec 22 | Dec 15 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Feb 01, 2020: | Music Casserole Stablemates | 4. | Jan 07, 2020: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics When I Fall In Love | |
| 2. | Jan 18, 2020: | Music Casserole F (For Axel Foley) | 5. | Dec 17, 2019: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics Five | |
| 3. | Jan 14, 2020: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics Five | 6. | Dec 12, 2019: | Old Fart At Play Tea For Two |
| Album Review |
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| Tom McCarter Reviewed 2019-11-12 | ||
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Reviewed: 2019-11-11 Genre: Jazz FCCs: none Review: Payton swings, hard bops, bebops, sings, gets sentimental, takes it out and adds a bit of electronics on this double album, recorded live. Playing trumpet, acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes and adding vocals and samplings, Payton is teamed with a dynamite rhythm section. Most likely the audience was tapping their toes throughout the show, anticipating when the next unexpected burst of elegance or percussive craziness might occur. If You Like: Harold Mabern, Joe Zawinul, Miles Davis Track Review (favorites denoted by *): Disc 1 **1/ Relaxin’ With Nick (7:39) – piano starts slow, swings up to midtempo jam> piano solo> uptempo jam> piano solo> uptempo jam> trumpet solo> uptempo jam slows to midtempo> slow fade *2/ C (5:00) – piano starts slow > bass solo> uptempo jam> piano solo> midtempo jam> quick fade 3/ El Guajiro (7:28) – drums start> midtempo jam with spoken word> trumpet solo> organ solo> Rhodes solo> drum solo> uptempo jam> crescendo end *4/ Stablemates (11:03) – ringing notes from Fender Rhodes start slow solo> slow fusion jam with trumpet up front> Rhodes solo swings into uptempo jam> quick stop 5/ Eight (3:43) – Rhodes solo stars slow & beautiful> swings into midtempo funky jam with trumpet up front> fade 6/ Jazz Is A Four-Letter Word (9:54) – Rhodes starts slow & heavy> slow jam with spoken word> Rhodes solo swings uptempo> piano solo> uptempo jam> trumpet solo> uptempo jam> crescendo> midtempo jam with altered spoken word> slow fade 7/ Othello (8:26) – Rhodes solo starts slow> slow muted song> bass solo> piano solo> trumpet solo> slow jam> slow song> slow jam to fade **8/ Tea for Two (6:47) – trumpet starts slow> slow jam> swings to fast tempo jam> trumpet solo> uptempo jam with drum fills> quick stop> pause> brief lightning fast jam> quick stop DISC 2 **9/ 1983 (7:57) – (applause)> Rhodes starts slow> slow tempo jam swings to midtempo> swings to uptempo> trumpet solo> uptempo jam> fade **10/ F (for Axel Foley) (7:42) – drums starts> uptempo fusion jam with Rhodes up front> Rhodes solo> fast tempo jam> sizzling trumpet solo> fast tempo jam> quick stop *11/ A (7:20) – piano starts slow, swings into midtempo jam> piano solo> midtempo jam with trumpet> wailing trumpet solo> midtempo jam> quick fade ***12/ Five (14:58) – Rhodes starts slow, swings into midtempo jam, then swings uptempo> trumpet solo> uptempo jam> quick stop **13/ When I Fall In Love (7:52) – piano starts> fast tempo jam> Rhodes solo> piano solo> quickly drops to midtempo jam> swings back to fast tempo with trumpet up front> wild trumpet solo slows to midtempo jam> quick stop 14/ Praalude (2:19) – Rhodes solo starts slow> muted slow song> Rhodes solo soars with synthesized chorus> mditempo jam> trumpet solo> midtempo jam> fade | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | (Disc 1) Relaxin' With Nick | 8. | Tea For Two | |||
| 2. | C | 9. | (Disc 2) 1983 | |||
| 3. | El Guajiro | 10. | F (For Axel Foley) | |||
| 4. | Stablemates | 11. | A | |||
| 5. | Eight | 12. | I Hear A Rhapsody | |||
| 6. | Jazz Is A Four-Letter Word | 13. | Five | |||
| 7. | Othello | 14. | When I Fall In Love | |||
| 15. | Praalude | |||||