Payne, Don
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| Birthname | Donald Ray Payne | ||||
| born on | 7 January 1933 at 08:00 (= 08:00 AM ) | ||||
| Place | Wellington, Texas, 34n51, 100w13 | ||||
| Timezone | CST h6w (is standard time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   16°51'   29°21 Asc. 18°26'
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Biography
American jazz double-bassist and electric bassist.
Payne was raised in California and first played trumpet before switching to double bass in high school. His first major gigs occurred in the mid-1950s; he worked in the second half of the decade with Georgie Auld, Ornette Coleman, Maynard Ferguson, Calvin Jackson, Joe Maini, and Art Pepper. In 1958 he relocated to New York City, where he played with Tony Bennett, Chris Connor, and Mundell Lowe, then joined Herbie Mann and Astrud Gilberto for international tours. He also worked with Stan Getz around this time. He led his own ensemble with a rotating cast of sidemen, including Mike Abene, Joe Beck, and Gene Bertoncini.
Payne began playing bass guitar in 1964, and worked in popular and rock idioms as well as in jazz as a session musician for New York studio recordings. He played on releases by Loudon Wainwright III, Judy Collins, Roy Buchanan, Leonard Cohen (New Skin for the Old Ceremony, 1974), Janis Ian, Luiz Henrique, Harry Chapin, and Melanie Safka. His later jazz associations included Bobby Hackett, Jackie Cain, and Roy Kral.
He died on 25 February 2017 in Plantation, Florida, aged 84.
Relationships
- associate relationship with Bennett, Tony (born 3 August 1926). Notes: Music collaborators
- associate relationship with Coleman, Ornette (born 9 March 1930). Notes: Music collaborators
- associate relationship with Pepper, Art (born 1 September 1925). Notes: Music collaborators
Events
Source Notes
Sy Scholfield provided birth certificate.
Categories
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Instrumentalist (Double-bassist and electric bassist)
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Jazz
