Dexter Payne

Student Type:	Music Careers Mentoring Program,
Location:	Boulder, CO
E-mail:	note@dexterpayne.com
Web Site:	dexterpayne.com
Occupation:	Professional Musician
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Dexter Payne is a musical traveler who brings his listeners with him on the journey; he invites us into the heart of the music. Voted among the top ten clarinetists in Downbeat Readers Polls in 2004 and 2006, Dexter lived and performed in 12 countries in Latin America, where he played and formed friendships with Thiago de Mello and the late Ruben Gonzales among others, recording in Brazil with Paulinho Tapajos and Beth Carvalho, as well as his solo debut with guitarist / composer, Antonio Mello, with organic percussion by Thiago de Mello.

He performed coast to coast with the Big Sky Mudflaps and with his partner/collaborator, the late Judy Roderick, with repeat appearances on the NBC Today Show and Garrison Keillor's Prairie Home Companion. He has also toured, recorded and arranged for Afro-pop bands with Bola Abimbola, Mohamed Alidu, Moussa Konaté, Selassi Atiasi, Boubacar Diebate and with hip-hop latin jazz fusion project, Salem. Currently he is on the faculty of Naropa University, directing the Afro-pop Ensemble.

Dexter has performed with Rene Marie, Mac Rebennack, Grammy winner Sharon Isbin, Thiago de Mello, Elio Reve, Cachaito, Noite Illustrada, Judy Roderick, Dave Van Ronk, the Big Sky Mudflaps, BarBQ Bob, Sammy Mayfield, Johnny Long, Lionel Young, Kailin Yong and more. Dexter performed with Thiago de Mello and Sharon Isbin at the 92nd St Y and Hamptons Music Festival, Mostra Internacional de Musica em Olinda (MIMO) in Pernambuco, Brazil, and most recently with Thiago de Mello and Ithamara Koorax, in NYC commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

His three recordings with Grammy nominated composer, Thiago de Mello, feature vocalist Ithamara Koorax, four great pianists, including Helio Alves (Obrigado Brazil), and guitarist Romero Lubamba of Trio de Paz. Simultaneously, he is releasing a 24-year old recording of Judy Roderick & the Forbears, with special guest Mac Rebennack (aka Dr John).

"Finally, a virtuoso musician who really hears the Brazilian whispers, and not just the carnival clamor."

Discography

1979 Armchair Cabaret (Helios)

1981 Sensible Shoes (Flying Fish)

2002 Kambeng- Boubacar Diebate

2003 Inspiration (Dexofon/Ethosbrasil)

2006 Another Feeling (Dexofon/JSR)

2007 Disk Tum Derrei (Gau/JSR)

2008 Our Time to Remember (Gau)

2009 When Im Gone (Dexofon)

Other recording credits:

1982 Live Wire Choir
1993 Woman Blue (Vanguard reissue) *liner notes
1995 Light Pink-Stephen Allen Davis
2002 South of Lafayette- Artie Traum
2002 Dare to Be- Lisa Bell
2005 Under Paris Skies- Lannie Garret
2008 Salem
2008 Mohamed Alidu
2008 Laurie Dameron
2008 Flame in the Dark (Gau) clar & album design
2008 Sharp Edges (Gau) *album design
2009 Under the Same Skies