Nicholas Payton

SACD MULTICHANNEL HYBRID DISC

4 1/2 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

Acclaimed arranger/saxophonist Bob Belden interprets the music of legendary sax man Wayne Shorter with an all-star cast of musicians. This is the sixth installment in The New York Sessions series. "All of the sound here is powerful and propulsive. Once again we have a Chesky single-point recording that employs no overdubs, no signal path compression, no multitracking, and no mixing desk. It sounds so great you'll be tempted to ask why everybody doesn't record like this. - Wes Phillips of Stereophile

PERSONNEL:

NICHOLAS PAYTON, trumpet
BOB BELDEN, tenor & soprano sax
SAM YAHEL, organ
JOHN HART, guitar
BILLY DRUMMOND, drums

New York, April 19, 2006

TRACKS:

01. Montezuma
02. Tom Thumb
03. Footprints
04. Teru
05. Witch Hunt
06. Masqalero
07. Beauty and the Beast
08. Miyako