[Dixielandjazz] Re: Nicholas Payton

[Butch Thompson]

On 9/9/03 2:00 PM, "dixielandjazz-request at ml.islandnet.com"
<dixielandjazz-request at ml.islandnet.com> wrote:

> he was a
> 16-year-old who could play in a 1920's New Orleans style as if he'd
> been there.

Ben Ratliff didn't mention that Nicholas is  from  New Orleans.  So in a
way, as with all musicians from down there, he is from "there."  His father,
Walter, is a fine musician and music educator.
 
-- 
Butch Thompson
www.butchthompson.com