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Lee Castle was born Lee Aniello Castaldo on February 28, 1915 in New York City. His first major professional job under his birth name was with Joe Haymes in 1935. This he followed by a couple of stints with Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey and also studied under Dorsey’s father. He also performed with Jack Teagarden, Glenn Miller, Will Bradley, and Benny Goodman.
Lee put together his own band in 1938, and continued to lead off and on through the Forties. He didn’t adopt the name Lee Castle in 1942. In 1953 he returned to duty under Tommy Dorsey and his brother Jimmy Dorsey. After Jimmy’s death, Castle became the leader of his ensemble, remaining in the position until the 1980s.
Trumpeter and bandleader Lee Castle passed away on November 16, 1990 in New York City.
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Hazy Osterwald was born Rolf Osterwald on February 18, 1922 in Bern, Switzerland. He began his career as a pianist, arranged for Fred Böhler in the late 1930s and joined him as a trumpeter in 1941. Around this time he also worked with Edmond Cohanier, Philippe Brun, Bob Huber, Eddie Brunner and Teddy Stauffer.
Hazy led his own ensemble starting in 1944, recording through the 1970s, with sidemen including Ernst Höllerhagen and Werner Dies. In the late 1940s he recorded with Gil Cuppini and played at the Paris Jazz Fair with Sidney Bechet and Charlie Parker. Trumpeter, vibraphonist, vocalist and bandleader Hazy Osterwald passed away on February 26, 2012 in Lucerne Switzerland.
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Three Wishes
Tommy Turrentine told Pannonica his three wishes would be:
- “Love.”
- “Prosperity.”
- “Peace.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats – Compiled and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
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Three Wishes
Lonnie Hillyer responded to Nica’s question as to his three wishes by stating:
- “To be the first trumpet player.”
- “A son and a daughter.”
- “I’d like a band comprising me, Barry*, and Charles**.”
*Harris **McPherson
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats – Compiled and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
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Requisites
Payton’s Place is a jazz album recorded at Avator Studios and was released on Polygram Records on June 9, 1998 by trumpet player Nicholas Payton Producer Nicholas Payton. The executive producer on the session was Richard Seidel, it was mixed and mastered by James Nichols at BMG Studios in New York. The production coordinator and assistant were Camille Tominaro and Samantha Black, respectively. The photographs were taken by Barron Claiborne with recording session photographs by Jimy Katz and the art direction & design by Giulio Tururro.
Track Listing ~ 71:05
- Zigaboogaloo – 5:53
- The Three Trumpeteers – 5:26
- Back to the Source – 6:27
- A Touch of Silver – 5:12
- Concentric Circles” – 7:08
- Li’l Duke’s Strut” – 5:06
- Time Traveling” – 5:36
- With a Song in My Heart” – 5:35*
- Paraphernalia” – 9:39*
- Brownie à la Mode” – 4:17
- People Make the World Go Round” – 5:21*
- The Last Goodbye” – 5:25*
All songs compositions are by Nicholas Payton except track 8 ~ Lorenz Hart and Richard Rodgers, track 9 ~ Wayne Shorter, track 11 & 12 ~ Thom Bell and Linda Creed
Additional musicians: Wynton Marsalis, trumpet: The Three Trumpeteers and Brownie à la Mode; Roy Hargrove, trumpet: The Three Trumpeteers and With A Song in My Heart; Joshua Redman, tenor saxophone: A Touch of Silver.
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