Smoke Sessions [Remixed], by Nicholas Payton

Smoke Sessions [Remixed]

by Nicholas Payton

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1.	Levin's Lope (Karriem Riggins Remix) 05:44	info	buy track
2.	Big George (Karriem Riggins Remix) 05:41	info	buy track
3.	Gold Dust Black Magic (Karriem Riggins Remix) 05:30	info	buy track
4.	Hangin' in and Jivin' (Tomoki Sander Remix) 03:29	info	buy track

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Though it’s never simple (or advisable) to pin Nicholas Payton down to a particular genre or style, the renowned trumpeter/keyboardist/composer’s two recent releases for Smoke Sessions Records have found him in relatively traditional acoustic trio mode, 2019’s live "Relaxin’ With Nick" and 2021’s acclaimed "Smoke Sessions."

But Payton, it turns out, had more transformative intentions in mind for the latter session. On his new EP "Smoke Sessions (Remixed)," he turns the raw material of three of the album’s tracks over to the album’s drummer and a acclaimed producer Karriem Riggins and one to the rising star multi-instrumentalist producer Tomoki Sanders to create remixed versions of the tunes refracted through the lens of the hip hop generation.

This post-modern hybrid approach to what others may view as disparate genres is central to much of Payton’s discography, so it certainly makes sense that he would hear the potential for such electronic reimagining in the music he recorded with Ron Carter and Riggins. (tenor saxophone legend George Coleman and the celebrated guitarist Isaiah Sharkey are also featured on "Big George" and "Gold Dust Black Magic" respectively.

“Many of my projects have a remix component built into them already,” he explains. “I felt giving those types of production treatments to an all-live acoustic session would speak more to the times in which we live. It gives the folks a bit of both worlds.”

While he insists that, “it’s never my intent to decide what anyone gets from my music,” Payton does hope that "Smoke Sessions (Remixed)" helps cement in listener’s minds his notion that all music co-exists in a continuum, and that genre classifications are inherently limiting. It’s an argument that on these four tracks he makes through the most enticing and infectious of means.

“I hope it highlights there’s not such a disparity between more traditional styles and current ones,” he says. “It’s all just music.”

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released March 8, 2022

Nicholas Payton - trumpet, piano, & Fender Rhodes
Ron Carter - bass
Karriem Riggins - drums
George Coleman - tenor saxophone ("Big George")
Isaiah Sharkey - guitar ("Gold Dust Black Magic")

Recorded April 29 & 30, 2021 at Sear Sound Studio C, NYC

Produced by Nicholas Payton & Paul Stache

Associate Producer: Damon Smith
Recorded, Mixed & Mastered by Christopher Allen
Remixed by Karriem Riggins & Tomoki Sanders
Additional drum recording by Kyle Hoffmann, Sunset Sound Studio 3
Photography by Jimmy and Dena Katz
Designed by Damon Smith

Executive Producers: Paul Stache & Molly Johnson

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Nicholas Payton New Orleans, Louisiana

A leading voice in American popular music, Grammy winner Nicholas Payton is a trumpeter, pianist, vocalist, composer, producer, arranger, essayist, and social activist who defies musical and artistic categories. He has released over 20 recordings as a leader, pushing musical boundaries and showcasing a variety of contemporary and traditional styles. ... more

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