From This Moment (1994)

About this title: The young trumpeter Nicholas Payton is featured on this CD as the only horn in a sextet also including guitarist Mark Whitfield, pianist Mulgrew Miller and vibraphonist Monte Croft. Best are Payton's melodic and very mature statements on the veteran standards "You Stepped Out of a Dream," "It Could Happen to You," "From This Moment On" and "Taking a Chance on Love." His six originals are less memorable, but overall, this is a pleasing date that finds the trumpeter showing a great deal of potential. Payton's tone, mixing aspects of Freddie Hubbard, Wynton Marsalis and New Orleans jazz in a ... read more

Tracks:

1. In the Beginning [Payton]
2. You Stepped Out of a Dream [Kahn/Brown]
3. Fair Weather [Dorham]
4. Maria's Melody [Payton]
5. It Could Happen to You [Burke/VanHeusen]
6. Little Re-Re [Payton]
7. From This Moment On [Porter]
8. Rhonda's Smile [Payton]
9. The Sleepwalker [Payton]
10. Blues for My Brother [Payton]
11. Taking a Chance on Love [Latouche/Fetter/Duk]
12. To the Essential One [Payton]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.