{"product_id":"nicholas-payton-the-couch-sessions-cd","title":"Nicholas Payton - The Couch Sessions CD","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 700px; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=903020451\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=333333\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/nicholaspayton.bandcamp.com\/album\/the-couch-sessions\"\u003eThe Couch Sessions by Nicholas Payton\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n8-panel Digipak Album\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e“THE COUCH SESSIONS simply flies by, which is a true indication of a great album that you just don’t want to end.”\u003cbr\u003e\n— Geraldine Wyckoff, Offbeat Magazine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e“Stretching his horizons, yet looking both backwards and forwards, Nicholas Payton forms a unique trio with all-stars Buster Williams and Lenny White… The result is a kaleidoscopic collection of sounds hinting at early plugged-in Miles, sometimes bopping, other moments going into the soul-funk.”\u003cbr\u003e\n— George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e“Nicholas Payton emerges from the pandemic blur with creative energy to spare… Flying in interwoven spoken-word testimonials from such artists as Geri Allen, Keith Jarrett, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, and Max Roach. From the purely musical angle, THE COUCH SESSIONS boasts the potent rhythm section of Buster Williams and Lenny White on bass and drums. with Payton eloquently completing the sonic canvas on keyboards and horn.”\u003cbr\u003e\n— Josef Woodard, Downbeat\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e***\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eMusic has the power to heal, a fact that has never been as relevant as it has over the challenging last few years. On his captivating album, THE COUCH SESSIONS, the brilliant multi-instrumentalist and composer Nicholas Payton provides a session of musical therapy that draws on the compositions and words of some of the music’s most visionary artists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThe latest in a series that he has recorded pairing him with dream rhythm sections, Payton is joined by bassist Buster Williams and drummer Lenny White, who not only have forged one of the most distinctive rhythm tandems in recent decades but have also worked with many of the legendary artists to whom this album is dedicated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e“I decided to use Buster and Lenny for their shared history,” Payton says, “not only working with each other but also with my favorite artist ever – Miles Davis. There are a lot of connections between the artists on the album and the lineages that they either came out of or were integral in starting. Working with Buster and Lenny together was a bucket list item for me.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThroughout THE COUCH SESSIONS, Nicholas Payton and his stellar trio play therapist to listeners in need of some vital musical counseling. “In these uncertain new times, the importance of music and the arts has come even more to the forefront,” he says. “With this album, I wanted to speak to music as a healing force, an essential source of light in our lives.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ereleased November 25, 2022\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eRecorded July 12 \u0026amp; 13, 2022 at Sear Sound Studio C, NYC\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eProduced by Nicholas Payton \u0026amp; Paul Stache\u003cbr\u003e\nAssociate Produced by Damon Smith\u003cbr\u003e\nRecorded, Mixed \u0026amp; Mastered by Chris Allen\u003cbr\u003e\nAssistant Engineered by Steven Sacco\u003cbr\u003e\nPhotography by Dana Distortion\u003cbr\u003e\nDesign by Damon Smith\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eExecutive Producers: Paul Stache and Molly Johnson\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Smoke Sessions Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56382099587454,"sku":"SSR-2207-CD","price":45.0,"currency_code":"PLN","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/4161\/5230\/files\/SSR-2207-CD.jpg?v=1760095040","url":"https:\/\/8merch.shop\/products\/nicholas-payton-the-couch-sessions-cd","provider":"8Merch Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}