About Don Payne
Current Releases
© 2002, Don Payne
Room At The Top
"First-rate artist with an inexhaustible supply of fresh ideas...without a trace of affectation or hollow hipness."
"Bassist Don Payne is the anchor of this tight knit threesome...Pianist and vocalist Wicks' sultry and smoky voice charms the listener and sets the stage for this lovely recording. This is an example of the great 'ears' (as pianist Bill Mays would say) of this trio."
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Rhapsodic Echoes "Straight-ahead, uncompromising jazz...(Payne's) huge resonant tone is the anchor throughout."
"The title piece, 'Rhapsodic Echoes', begins as a nice conversation between bass and piano reminiscent of the Bill Evans/Scott Lafaro pairings, and features the legendary pianist Don Friedman, who with Payne co-created this great performance."
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