1. The Backward Step 17:57
2. Drad Dog 11:19
3. Catlett Out Of The Bag 13:58
4. Pannonica 03:53
5. The African Tinge 13:59
6. The Return of the African Tinge 02:31
7. Frankie and Johnny 15:54

credits

released February 26, 2013

Nicholas Payton – Trumpet and Fender Rhodes
Vicente Archer – Bass
Lenny White – Drums

Produced by Nicholas Payton
Associate Producer: Anna M. Sala
Live Recording Engineer: Frank Marchand
Mixing Engineer: Tracey Freeman
Mastering: Michael Fossenkemper
Venue Rep: Omrao Brown
Photography: Jati Lindsay
Vintage Photo: Addison Scurlock
Art Direction: Nicholas Payton and Anna M. Sala
Package Design: Noiseland Industries

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Recorded at the historic Washington, D.C. club, Bohemian Caverns, on November 3, 2012, the album features a blistering set that captures Payton’s now renowned prowess on the trumpet – while simultaneously playing the Fender Rhodes piano. His genius and unmistakable originality is on wide display for this recording.

The hashtag, #BAM, stands for Black American Music. The #BAM movement created by Nicholas, states the revolutionary, yet evident, idea that music of the Black American diaspora is more similar than dissimilar. Black American Music speaks of his and all music descending from the Black American experience, including spirituals, gospel, blues, so-called jazz and soul. A prolific writer, the genesis of the #BAM movement was in reaction to a blog post on November 27, 2011 entitled: “On Why Jazz Isn’t Cool Anymore.”

Like the Ghanaian Sankofa bird in the BMF logo, it is Payton’s mission to go back in history to extract the richness and lost knowledge of the past in order to elevate today’s consciousness. Hailed as The Savior of Archaic Pop, Payton is rooted in tradition, yet isn’t stuck there. His life’s work is to dismantle the status quo and to subvert mediocrity by giving rise to quality.