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Walter Payton, Jr. (August 23, 1942 – October 28, 2010) [1] was an American jazz bassist and sousaphonist.
Payton was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. [1] He played with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, [2] the French Market Jazz Hall Band [3] and the Young Tuxedo Brass Band, and led his own group called the Snap Bean Band. His recording credits include Lee Dorsey's " Working in the Coal Mine", [2] and Payton variously worked with Aaron Neville, Harry Connick Jr., Champion Jack Dupree and Chuck Carbo. [1] Payton appeared on Saturday Night Live ( Walter Payton/Walter Payton).
Payton died in his hometown of New Orleans, after an illness, aged 68. [1] He was the father of jazz trumpet player Nicholas Payton. [1]
- ^ a b c d e Thedeadrockstarsclub.com - accessed October 2010
- ^ a b Spera, Keith (2010-10-28). "Walter Payton, longtime New Orleans jazz bassist and educator, dies at 68". The Times-Picayune. Retrieved 2010-10-28.
- ^ A Buggy Full of Jazz, French Market Jazz Hall Band, Shalom Records (650), New Orleans
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