Cecil Payne

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Chessman's Delight 05:31 Tools
Tune Up 08:44 Tools
Man of Moods 05:37 Tools
Saucer Eyes 06:46 Tools
Arnetta 03:41 Tools
Bringing Up Father 06:23 Tools
Bosco 08:56 Tools
Groovin' High 04:23 Tools
Block Buster Boogie 03:01 Tools
Wilhelmenia 08:48 Tools
Girl, You Got A Home 10:50 Tools
Ham Hocks 02:53 Tools
Slide Hampton 04:25 Tools
How Deep Is the Ocean 07:52 Tools
This Time the Dream's On Me 04:23 Tools
Flying Fish 12:21 Tools
Follow Me 07:07 Tools
Cit Sac 11:20 Tools
Martin Luther King, Jr. 07:00 Tools
Bongo Bop 04:54 Tools
Spiritus Parkus 09:23 Tools
This Time the Dream Is on Me 03:50 Tools
Theme 03:05 Tools
Cool Blues 03:38 Tools
Cuba 04:49 Tools
Bongo Beep 04:39 Tools
Talk 00:39 Tools
I'm Goin' In 09:58 Tools
Chic Boom 00:00 Tools
If I Should Lose You 07:39 Tools
The Opening 07:39 Tools
I Should Care 08:44 Tools
Ding-A-Ling 11:15 Tools
Cerupa 08:07 Tools
Stop and Listen 04:50 Tools
You Will Be Mine Tonight 00:00 Tools
Born Again 05:44 Tools
Bolambo 08:45 Tools
Egg Head 02:47 Tools
Here's That Rainy Day 08:00 Tools
James 02:47 Tools
How Deep Is the Ocean? 07:51 Tools
Que Pasaning 09:25 Tools
Mighty Fine Wine 03:36 Tools
Lover Man 09:25 Tools
Be Wee 09:25 Tools
Shawnuff 04:30 Tools
Dear People 04:06 Tools
The Hymn 05:41 Tools
Martin Luther King Jr 04:25 Tools
Scotch And Milk 09:06 Tools
Kenny's One 05:33 Tools
Like Church 06:20 Tools
It's Your Life 03:24 Tools
That's It Blues 08:47 Tools
Et Vous Too, Cecil? 05:44 Tools
Yes, He's Gone 03:59 Tools
Lady Nia 08:47 Tools
Tall Grass 03:39 Tools
Dexterity 03:49 Tools
I'm Gonna Learn Your Style 05:28 Tools
Communion 04:06 Tools
Brookfield Andante 13:17 Tools
Hold Tight 08:03 Tools
Delilah 07:04 Tools
Sister Carol 03:19 Tools
Southside Samba 05:41 Tools
THIS TIME THE DREAMS ON ME 03:51 Tools
Chic Boom (Cecil Payne, Second Floor Music, BMI) 11:01 Tools
Here's that rainy day (Burke/Van Heusen, Bourne Co./Music Sales Corp., ASCAP) 11:01 Tools
Relaxin' At Camarillo 06:13 Tools
Martin Luther King, Jr. / I Know Love 03:51 Tools
Payne's Window 06:13 Tools
Cheryl 03:51 Tools
Ding-A-Ling (Cecil Payne/John Farnsworth, Second Floor Music, BMI) 06:13 Tools
Cit Sac (Cecil Payne, Second Floor Music, BMI) 03:51 Tools
You Will Be Mine Tonight (Cecil Payne/John Farnsworth, Second Floor Music, BMI) 03:51 Tools
Bosco (Cecil Payne, Second Floor Music, BMI) 03:51 Tools
Bird Gets The Worm 03:51 Tools
Repetition 03:51 Tools
Ninny Melina 03:51 Tools
Martin Luther King Jr. 03:51 Tools
Martin Luther King, Jr./I Know Love 03:51 Tools
Ko Ko 03:51 Tools
Constellation 03:51 Tools
Old Camp Meeting Days 03:51 Tools
Shaw 'Nuff 03:51 Tools
Casbah 13:35 Tools
Strictly Confidential 05:56 Tools
Interpolation 03:51 Tools
A Walkin' Thing 05:17 Tools
Carney 13:35 Tools
Cu-Ba 05:56 Tools
Girl you got a home 10:50 Tools
Kick-A-Poo 03:51 Tools
Perception 03:51 Tools
Wave 03:51 Tools
Jordu 05:17 Tools
Time After Time 05:17 Tools
Cubop 13:35 Tools
Scrapple From the Apple 13:35 Tools
No Problem 13:35 Tools
I Want To Talk About You 13:35 Tools
Don't Cry Baby 13:35 Tools
Cecil's Slide 08:30 Tools
Angel Eyes 06:10 Tools
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Cecil Payne (December 14, 1922 – November 27, 2007) was a jazz baritone saxophonist born in Brooklyn, NY. Payne also played the alto saxophone and flute. He played with other jazz greats, in particular Dizzy Gillespie and Randy Weston, in addition to his solo work as bandleader. Payne received his first saxophone at age 13, asking his father for one after hearing Honeysuckle Rose by Count Basie, performed by Lester Young. Payne took lessons from a local alto sax player, Pete Brown. Payne began his professional recording career with J. J. Johnson on the Savoy Records label in 1946. During that year he was also began playing with Roy Eldridge, through whom he met Dizzy Gillespie. His earlier recordings would largely fall under the swing category, until Gillespie hired him. Payne stayed onboard until 1949, heard performing solos on "Ow!" and "Stay On It". In the early 1950s he found himself working with Tadd Dameron, and worked with Illinois Jacquet from 1952 to 1954. He then started freelance work in New York and frequently performed during this period with Randy Weston, whom Payne worked with until 1960. Payne was still recording regularly for Delmark Records in the 1990s, when he was in his seventies, and indeed on into the new millennium. Payne was a cousin of trumpeter Marcus Belgrave, whom he recorded with briefly. Aside from his career in music Payne helped run his father's real estate company during the 1950s. Payne once said that his parents urged him to consider dentistry as a career. He countered their suggestion by pointing out that no one would ever entrust his or her teeth to a "Dr. Payne." Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.