A Supreme Blue: Inspired by Coltrane's "A Love Supreme" & Miles' "Kind of Blue"

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Nicholas Payton – trumpet

Mark Turner – tenor saxophone

Mike Moreno – guitar

Vicente Archer – bass

Mark Whitfield Jr. – drums

“Payton's genius virtuosity captivated both faithful fans and anyone in the NPR crowd just discovering his music for the first time. – NPR

In celebration of the centennial birth years of Miles Davis and John Coltrane, GRAMMY Award-winning trumpeter, pianist, composer, and producer Nicholas Payton presents A Supreme Blue, a groundbreaking reimagining of two of their most iconic and influential recordings: Davis’s Kind of Blue (1959) and Coltrane’s A Love Supreme (1965). Joining Payton is an exceptional quintet featuring tenor saxophonist Mark Turner, guitarist Mike Moreno, bassist Vicente Archer, and drummer Mark Whitfield Jr.

Conceived in honor of the Davis and Coltrane centennials, A Supreme Blue—also the title of Payton's forthcoming album collaboration with the band Butcher Brown—explores the compositions of these landmark recordings with arrangements informed by the musical developments since the 1960s. These performances present Payton's vision in an acoustic setting with an all-star ensemble, offering a distinctive new perspective on the project.

A New Orleans native and one of the most original creative voices of his generation, Payton has built a singular body of work across the spectrum of Black American Music (BAM). As The Chicago Tribune reported, “No descriptive label or category could be affixed to Payton's solos, which were as brashly original as they were technically imposing.”