Cecil Payne
Cecil Payne | |
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 Payne at the Kitano Hotel Jazz Club, NYC on June 11, 2005 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Cecil Payne |
| Born | December 14, 1922 New York City, New York,U.S. |
| Died | November 27, 2007(aged 84) Stratford, New Jersey,U.S. |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
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| Labels | Delmark |
Cecil Payne(December 14, 1922 – November 27, 2007)[1]was an Americanjazzbaritone saxophonist born inBrooklyn, New York.Payne also played the alto saxophone and flute. He played with other prominent jazz musicians, in particularDizzy GillespieandRandy Weston,in addition to his solo work as bandleader.
Biography
[edit]Payne received his first saxophone aged 13, asking his father for the instrument after hearing "Honeysuckle Rose"performed byCount BasiewithLester Youngsoloing. Payne took lessons from a local alto sax player,Pete Brown,and studied atBoys High School,Bedford-Stuyvesant.[2]
Payne began his professional recording career withJ. J. Johnsonon theSavoylabel in 1946. During that year he also began playing withRoy Eldridge,through whom he metDizzy Gillespie.His earlier recordings would largely fall under theswingcategory, until Gillespie hired him. Payne stayed on board until 1949, heard performing solos on "Ow!" and "Stay On It". In the early 1950s, he found himself working withTadd Dameron,and worked withIllinois Jacquetfrom 1952 to 1954. He then started freelance work in New York City and frequently performed during this period withRandy Weston,whom Payne worked with until 1960.[3]Payne was still recording regularly forDelmark Recordsin the 1990s, when he was in his 70s, and indeed on into the new millennium.
Payne was a cousin of trumpeterMarcus Belgrave,with whom he recorded with briefly.[4]Aside from his career in music, Payne helped run his father'sreal estatecompany during the 1950s.[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".[5]
He died inStratford, New Jersey,from prostate cancer at the age of 84.[1]
Discography
[edit]As leader
[edit]- "Block Buster Boogie"[6]b/w "Angel Child" (Decca, 1949)[7]
- "Hippy Dippy"[8]b/w "No Chops" (Decca, 1949)[9]
- Patterns of Jazz(Savoy,1957)
- Cecil Payne Performing Charlie Parker Music(Charlie Parker, 1961)
- The Connection(Charlie Parker, 1962)
- Brookfield Andante(Spotlite, 1966)
- Zodiac(Strata-East,1968 [1973])
- Brooklyn Brothers(Muse, 1973), withDuke Jordan
- Bird Gets The Worm(Muse, 1976)
- Bright Moments(Spotlight, 1979)
- Cerupa(Delmark, 1993), with Eric Alexander,Harold Mabernand (1 track)Freddie Hubbard
- Scotch and Milk(Delmark, 1997)
- Payne's Window(Delmark, 1998)
- The Brooklyn Four Plus One(Progressive, 1999)
- Chic Boom: Live at the Jazz Showcase(Delmark, 2000), with tenor playerEric Alexander.
As sideman
[edit]References
[edit]- ^abKeepnews, Peter (December 6, 2007)."Cecil Payne, Baritone Saxophonist, Dies at 84".The New York Times.RetrievedJuly 31,2021.
- ^Weston, Randy; Jenkins, Willard (2010).African Rhythms: The Autobiography of Randy Weston.Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press. p. 25.
- ^abGitler, Ira (2001).The Masters of Bebop: A Listener's Guide.Da Capo Press. pp.40, 41.ISBN0-306-81009-3.
- ^Yanow, Scott(2001).Trumpet Kings: The Players Who Shaped the Sound.Backbeat Books. p. 49.ISBN0-87930-608-4.
- ^Cecil Payne at the Up Over Jazz Cafe, Brooklyn, N.Y. 2000.
- ^"BLOCK BUSTER BOOGIE".Archive.org.RetrievedJuly 31,2021.
- ^"ANGEL CHILD".Archive.org.RetrievedJuly 31,2021.
- ^"HIPPY DIPPY".Archive.org.RetrievedJuly 31,2021.
- ^"NO CHOPS".Archive.org.July 31, 1949.RetrievedJuly 31,2021.
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- 1922 births
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- 20th-century American male musicians
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