Nicholas Payton + Butcher Brown

 

Artist:  Nicholas Payton + Butcher Brown

Origin:  USA

Genre:  Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Soul, R&B, Modal Jazz, Post Bop, Jazz Funk

Original line-up:

Nicholas Payton:  Trumpet, Piano, Rhodes, Vocoder, Vocals, Thumb Piano

Butcher Brown:

Marcus Tenney:  Tenor Saxophone

Morgan Burrs:  Guitar

Andrew Randazzo:  Bass, Synth Bass

DJ Harrison:  Keyboards, Melodica, Guitar

Corey Fonville:  Drums, Percussion

Nicholas Payton + Butcher Brown is their collaborative project by Nicholas Payton (Trumpet, Grammy Award-Winning Multi-Instrumentalist, Producer, Arranger), with Butcher Brown is a Jazz Quintet from Richmond, Virginia.  They joined forces for the collaborative studio albums A Supreme Blue.

Title:  A Supreme Blue (Limited Edition) (2026)

Genre:  Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Soul, R&B, Modal Jazz, Post Bop, Jazz Funk

Label:  Concord Jazz

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

LP 1:  

Side A:

 1.  So What (7:58)

 2.  Freddie Freeloader (7:16)

 3.  Blue In Green (6:14)

Side B:

 4.  All Blues (7:57)

 5  Flamenco Sketches (6:30)

LP 2:

Side C:

 6.  Acknowledgement (7:46)

 7.  Resolution (8:22)

Side D:

 8.  Pursuance (5:22)

 9.  Psalm (10:55)

Personnel:

Nicholas Payton:  Trumpet, Piano, Fender Rhodes, Vocoder, Vocals

Butcher Brown:

Marcus Tenney:  Tenor Saxophone

Morgan Burrs:  Guitar

Andrew Randazzo:  Bass, Synth Bass

DJ Harrison:  Keyboards

Corey Fonville:  Drums, Percussion

A Supreme Blue is the collaborative album by Nicholas Payton & Butcher Brown, released on August 14, 2026 by Concord Jazz, is a modern, groove-heavy reimagining of two legendary Jazz Masterpieces, Miles Davis's "Kind Of Blue"? (1959), and John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme" (1965).  Limited Edition in 2 LP of 1500 Worldwide.