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After touring with Marcus Roberts and Elvin Jones in the early 90s Payton signed a recording contract with Verve ; his first album, ''From This Moment'', appeared in 1994. In 1996 he performed on the soundtrack of the movie Kansas City , and in 1997 received a Grammy Award (Best Instrumental Solo) for his playing on the album ''Doc Cheatham & Nicholas Payton''. After seven albums on Verve Payton signed with Warner Brothers , releasing ''Sonic Trance'', his first album on the new label, in 2003. Besides his recordings under his own name, Payton has also played and recorded with Wynton Marsalis, Christian McBride , Joshua Redman , Roy Hargrove , and Doc Cheatham .

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