CNN correspondent Nick Paton Walsh along the 66-mile journey with migrants hoping to reach the U.S. CNN. CNN correspondent Nick Paton Walsh has traveled the world covering stories, but never had ...

Nicholas Payton On Piano Jazz The trumpet prodigy learned how to improv from fellow New Orleans native Wynton Marsalis. Payton was only in his 20s when he visited with McPartland for this 1998 ...

Last month, trumpeter and composer Nicholas Payton had the U.S. premiere of his Black American Symphony with the Colorado Springs Philharmonic. Payton, who's 46, is a trumpet virtuoso who grew up ...

One of the more popular trumpeters to emerge post-Wynton from New Orleans, Nicholas Payton has developed an omnivorous approach to jazz, willing to bring countless genres to the table.

Though Payton played with considerable lyric power on New Year’s Eve of 1990, when he appeared at Chicago’s Jazz Showcase with veteran […] Skip to content All Sections ...

With one moaned note, trumpeter Nicholas Payton can telegraph a 100-year tradition. This formidable musician also is a businessman with his own label (BMF Records; you can guess what the acronym ...

With his new album, the bluntly titled “Bitches,” trumpeter Nicholas Payton has gone solo in more ways than one. The 15-track song cycle, written in the wake of a divorce, is a concept album ...

Trumpeter Nicholas Payton started out years ago as a musician known for being steeped in the traditions of his New Orleans origins. The "young lion" of about fifteen years ago had a brash, bold sound.

Nick Paton Walsh reports on Russia’s brutal airstrikes in Ukraine, where an official says about 30% of his country’s energy infrastructure has been hit since Monday ...

While Nicholas Payton the #BAM activist seems close to overshadowing Nicholas Payton the musician, the trumpeter flatly doesn’t draw a distinction, and hopes he can be considered both.

CNN Chief International Security Correspondent Nick Paton Walsh reports from Russia and Ukraine’s border as Ukraine’s forces advance farther into Russia following their surprise incursion.

Nicholas Payton, founder of the Black American Music movement, talks about music’s cultural influences, race and more ahead of his trio’s performances on Feb. 19-20 at Dazzle Jazz. It’s one ...