Cecil Payne

Cecil McKenzie Payne ( born December 14, 1922 in Brooklyn, New York City; † 27 November 2007 Stradford, New Jersey ) was an American jazz baritone saxophonist and flutist.

Life and work

Cecil Payne studied alto saxophone and clarinet with Pete Brown and began in 1946 at the New York bebop scene in the bands of Jay Jay Johnson, and Roy Eldridge to play. He stood under the strong influence of the music of Charlie Parker; followed the work of Dizzy Gillespie's Cuban Big Band from 1946 to 1949 and the band of Illinois Jacquet 1952 until 1954. several years played Payne only in his spare time, but played in 1955 in the nonet of Gigi Gryce ( Nica 's Tempo) and but visited in the summer of 1956 as a guest of the band by Rolf Ericson Sweden. In 1956 he played with Randy Weston. 1963 to 1966, he worked with Machito, then to 1968, Woody Herman and 1969-1971 at Count Basie. During this time he led a NDR Jazz Workshop. The mid-1970s he played in a duo with his sister, the singer Cavril Payne. In 1985, he performed at the Berlin Jazz Festival. With Jay Jay Johnson, he can also be heard as an alto saxophonist. On the baritone saxophone he took with Cannonball Adderley, Kenny Burrell, Jimmy Cleveland, Tadd Dameron, Kenny Dorham, Matthew Gee, Anita O'Day, Bud Powell and Dinah Washington on plates.

In addition to his main instruments, he also played guitar, clarinet and alto saxophone.

Discography

As a leader

  • Cecil Payne with Kenny Dorham (Signal, 1957)
  • Patterns Of Jazz ( Savoy, 1956) with Kenny Dorham, Duke Jordan, Tommy Potter, Art Taylor
  • Payne 's Window ( Delmark, 2000)

As a sideman

  • Jay Jay Johnson: Jazz Quintet ( Savoy, 1947-49 )
  • Tadd Dameron: Cool Boppin ' ( Fresh Sound, 1949)
  • Dizzy Gillespie: Pleyel 48 (Vogue, 1948)
  • Duke Jordan Duke Jordan Trio & Quintet ( Savoy, 1955)
  • Ernie Wilkins Septet ( Savoy, 1955)
  • Randy Weston: Jazz A La Bohemia ( OJC, 1956)
  • Kenny Burrell: Bluemoods ( OJC, 1957)
  • John Coltrane: Dakar ( OJC / Prestige, 1957)
  • Kenny Dorham: Blue Spring (OJC 1957)
  • Bud Powell: A Tribute To Cannonball Adderley (Columbia, 1961)
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