Dexter Payne, clarinet, alto and bari sax. Clean Slate Music

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Dexofon Records/Clean Slate Music
PO Box 4104
Boulder, CO 80306
tel: 303.604.2040

or e-mail: net(AT)dexterpayne.com

Washboard Chaz, Johnny Long & Dexter at Lyons, CO
Taste of the Blues Fest '99. courtesy of Colorado Blues Society
(click on photo for Colo Blues Society)

Dexter has shared the stage with:
Bo Diddley, Johnny Shines, Homesick James, Dave Van Ronk, Dr. John, Judy Roderick, Bar B Q Bob, Johnny Long, Washboard Chaz, Son Seals, C J Cheneir, Sammy Mayfield, Spencer Bohren, Tommy Bolin & Zephyr, Sam Bivens Denver Jazz Orch, Bobby Carcacés, Cachaito, Orkestra Elio Revé, Victor Mendoza, Patrice Fisher, Noite Ilustrada, Haroldo Melodia, Noca da Portela, Juarez Araujo, Antônio Mello, Cacho Solal, Thiago de Mello & Amazon, Sharon Isbin, Café, Paul Meyers, Mike Younger, Bobby Kyle, Floyd Phillips, James Montgomery, Cliff Korman, Paulo Braga, Nilson Matta, Dave Finck, Artie Traum, Mike DeMicco, Sam Zucchini, Tom McDermott, Luis Simans, Sophie Rivard, Lionel Young Barry Wedgle, Bill Kopper, Bijoux Barbosa, Kim Stone, Rene Marie, Jeff Jenkins, John Allred and more...

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JOURNEY

"In 1995 a journey began, one I had prepared for all my life. From Ensenada,
Baja California, home of Carlos Santana, I traveled south, so slowly I wasn't

really traveling, finding amazing musicians to play with everywhere.

Honoring intuition, never leaving till I felt the flow, I had no schedule, no

itinerary. Even sitting still the real journey was underway, traversing new

interior territory. Inside, I crossed lonely deserts, rivers of joy, mountain

ranges of fear, jungles of mystery, not knowing the goal, only trusting.

I played with truly gifted people like Rubén Gonzales and Orlando López

Cachao in of Buena Vista Social Club, visited inspiring places like the islands of

Solentinami in Nicaragua, and performed with street actors in Cartagena, with
a banda in a village high above Pátzcuaro, Michoacan, for a funeral in a

cemetery overlooking Lake Atitlan, a solo concert for the white smocked
Mayans of Najá in the Lacandon rain forest.

Nearly two years later, in the Amazon Basin of Brasil I felt a quickening.

In Manaus, playing on a live television music show, I was introduced to

Antônio Melo, talented composer and guitarist. As we became acquainted

we both recognized the inspired connection that musicians hope for. And,

on a boat in the middle of the 'river sea', I met Thiago de Mello, true musical

magician and mentor. When Antônio and I decided to record, I invited Thiago

and he accepted without hesitation, creating instruments on the spot from

ordinary household objects.

At the scheduled recording time the power went out for an hour. We waited,

and the power came back. Everyone was ready.

Two afternoons in the studio made it possible for you to hear, to feel...

_I_NSPIRATION!"

The music fed our souls, the seed was planted. Nothing to do but wait (again!) Five years

later, in Rio de Janeiro where Antônio now lives, he and Thiago collaborated with

producer Flavio Goulart of Ethos-Brasil Records, adding finishing touches, more

"organic percussion" ranging from berimbau to a vocal surdu, and creating a truly

inspired listening experience...

Now available on CD, in North America from Dexofon Records, Inspiration was

included in the Recording Academy Entry List as one of 119 CDs eligible for

Grammy nomination as "Best Contemporary World Album"

_{Read
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HISTORY

2008 Started with a wild ski tour - playing outdoors for the X Games in Aspen and warming up for De La Soul. Continuing with Jazzoula Fest in Missoula, MT and total inspiration by Buddy DeFranco, Phil Woods, Bucky Pizzarelli, John Allred. The BIG SKY MUDFLAPS reunited in NYC Aug 30, at Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington Sq. South, NY, NY to celebrate the life of Richard Wendell Cordtz. What a night! I returned to NYC in December to perform with Thiago de Mello & Amazon (with guest vocalist, Ithamara Koorax) in a celebration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights - world premiere of "A Flame in the Dark", Thiago de Mello's composition honoring Sergio de Mello and all those who died in the bombing of the UN Offices in Bhagdad. The year finished with the long awaited release of Judy Roderick & the Forbears on the Dexofon label. With Mac Rebennack playing piano & B3 on four tunes... there is a lot more than meets the eye... or the ear at first listening!

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Summer 2007 musical adventures were a blast: Carbondale Art Fair and Telluride Jazz Fest wi Bola Abimbola, as well as Crestone Music fest with Tobatana Marimba. eighteen years ago I played Telluride Jazz in its infancy - on the same stage! Not to forget a great reunion with the Big Sky Mudflaps, including several illustrious guests: Joan Zen, Huey Lewis and a great violinist from Brooklyn!

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In Sept 2006 I performed a wonderful series of concerts in Brazil with Thiago de Mello and Antonio Mello, in Rio de Janeiro, and also in "MIMO" Mostra International de Musica em Olinda near Recife, Pernambuco. Audiences were great and the crews superb. Lume Arte, the producer of the festival, originates from a great love of music and manifests an impressive blend of vision and attention to detail. In addition I gave a clinic for some very motivated and naturally talented young reed players... in Portuguese!

I was also invited to perform as a special guest with Sharon Isbin and Thiago de Mello. I love playing Thiago's music, and Sharon always brings performance to a very high level.

Then in my spare time, I studied with the amazing young "AcariOcamerata" of Acari and sat in with Ney Conceiçao, Marcos Amorim, Fernando Trocados, Eduardo Neves and many others. Saw great musicians everywhere, and a bigger than life show by Ithamara Koorax. As if that was not enough, my friends from new Orleans, Tom McDermott and Evan Christopher were in Rio, and we had a chance to hang out and play with some great Cariocas! I gained a wealth of friendship and the "Inspiration" tour truly lived up to its name.

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2005 was an exciting year, recording a new CD of original music with Thiago de Mello in NYC, starting the Dexter Payne Quartet and the opportunity to perform with singer/composer René Marie. Al that plus dates with Lionel Young, Boubacar Diébaté & Dialy Kounda. and Michael Stanwood as well as Playback Theater West, regular Mondays at Herb's with Denver Jazz Orchestra (dir. Sam Bivens) and frequent engagements with latin jazz Dan Egger-Belandria Trio.

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-Directed Naropa Afropop Ensemble
-Bao Bao Festival, Boulder Theater
-Jazzoula Festival, Missoula, MT
-Backed Huey Lewis, Hamilton, MT
-Jazzoula Fest, Missoula, MT
-X Games wi Salem
-Crestone Music Fest wi Tobatana Marimba
-Telluride Jazz wi Bola Abimbola
-Crestone Music Fest wi Tobatana Marimba
-MIMO Festival, Olinda, Pernambuco, Brazil wi Sharon Isbin, Thiago de Mello, Antonio Mello
-Planetario do Cidade, Rio de Janeiro
-Basin Jazz Fest, Boulder, MT
-Boubacar Diebate & Dialy Kounda, "Drums Not Guns" Bend,OR
-Tom McDermott, Rocky Mtn Ragtime Festival, Boulder,CO
-Artie Traum, Mike Demicco, Sam Zuchinni, "Day in the Country" Sardinia,NY
-Boubacar Diebate & Dialy Kounda, World African Music Festival, Detroit
-Boubacar Diebate & Dialy Kounda, Fairfax World Music Festival, CA
-BarBQ Bob & Washboard Chaz, Lyons Taste of the Blues Festival
-Senor Gato, Cherry Creek Arts Festival
-Thiago de Mello & Amazon, Art Club, NYC
-BarBQ Bob & Washboard Chaz, Gold Hill Inn & Taste of Colorado
-Dan Sadowsky & Washboard Chaz, Red Dirt Blues Fest
-"Quiltspeak" Speaking of Dance, Colo Hist Museum
-Thiago de Mello & Amazon, Fisher Aud, Columbia Univ, NYC
-Bobby Kyle Band, Chicago Blues, NYC
-Mike Younger, Mercury Lounge, NYC
-Artie Traum, Swallow Hill, Denver, CO
-Thiago de Mello & Amazon with Sharon Isbin, Henry St Settlement, NYC
-Bar BQ Bob & Washboard Chaz,Lyons Blues Fest
-Patrice Fisher: Harpa Latina, UNC, Greeley,CO.
-Taste of the Blues with Washboard Chaz and Johnny Long.
-Grammy nominees Sharon Isbin, Thiago de Mello and Amazon, Symphony Space, NYC
-Sharon Isbin, Thiago de Mello , Music Festival of the Hamptons, Long Island, NY
-Sharon Isbin, Thiago de Mello and Amazon, 92nd St."Y", NYC
-Feature concert with duo Encore in Festival de las Artes Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

1997 "Happy Birthday Song" with Sammy Mayfield, on CD Blues by the Bushel,
reached #20, nat'l. blues charts. (The sax solo is Dexter, no credit given in liner notes.)

1995-98 Toured in the Americas, playing in 12 countries with many different groups.

1990-94 Recorded CD and toured 10 states (3 times) with BarBQ Bob Trio.

1976-92 Partnered with singer Judy Roderick. Appeared at Philadelphia Folk Festival,
Bottom Line, Great American Music Hall, recorded and appeared with Dr. John,
assisted in producing posthumous reissue of Woman Blue(Vanguard)

1975-84 Formed "The Big Sky Mudflaps" bebop and swing for dancing. Two times
on NBC Today Show and Kool(Newport) Jazz Festival, four times on NPR Prairie
Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. Two LPs(Helios, Flying Fish)

Studied clarinet and sax with Jack Fredrickson, alto and arranger for the "Hot Tomatoes"
in Denver. Six years in the school bands and orchestras of bassist/guitarist Aldo Lallo.
Studied with John Handy Jr. at Stanford Univ, and with Homer Brown in Denver.

Presentations:

2001 Saxtet (saxophone quartet) national anthem Denver Pepsi Ctr.(Nuggets) Saxtet at the Pepsi Center
           Thiago de Mello & Amazon, private engagement, NYC
            Michael Stanwood & YeahbutShoehead, Strings in the Mtns, Steamboat Spgs, CO
            BarBQ Bob, Washboard Chaz and Dexter Payne, Taste of Colorado, Denver
            Dan Sadowsky, Washboard Chaz and Dexter Payne, Red Dirt Blues Fest, Lyons,CO
            Day of the Dead with Michael Stanwood, Cameron Church
            "Quiltspeak" by Speaking of Dance with Michael Stanwood & Mark McCoin
2000   Thiago de Mello & Amazon, Fisher Aud, Columbia Univ, NYC
            Mike Younger, Mercury Cafe, NYC
            Bobby Kyle Band, Chicago Blues, NYC
            Special guest with Artie Traum, Swallow Hill, Denver, CO
            Trio Chorando appeared with George Winston, N Bar Ranch, Grassrange, MT
           Thiago de Mello & Amazon with Sharon Isbin, Henry St Settlement, NYC
1999   Patrice Fisher Arpa Latina,Cesar Chavez Cultural Cntr,UNC(Greeley, CO)
1998   Sharon Isbin, Thiago de Mello & Amazon, 92nd St Y (NYC)
           Sharon Isbin & Thiago de Mello, Music Festival of the Hamptons (LI, NY)
           Thiago de Mello & Amazon, Symphony Space (NYC)
            Feature with duo Encore, Festival de las Artes de Puerto Vallarta(Mexico)
1997   La Peña (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
            Peña Atahualpa (Iguazú, Misiones, Argentina)
            Duo with Antônio Melo, Universidade da Amazonas (Manaus, AM, Brasil)
            Studio band "Club de Chorinho", TV Cultura weekly live music program
            "Carousel de Saudade" (Manaus,Amazonas, Brasil)
            Haroldo de Melodia (Manaus, Amazonas, Brasil)
            Noca da Portela (Rio de Janeiro, Brasil)
1996    Patrice Fisher Latin Jazz (Antigua, Guatemala)
            Bobby Carcacés AfroCubano (La Habana, Cuba)
            Orkestra Revé (La Habana)
1995    Tijuana Big Band (Tijuana, Mexico)
             Ensenada Jazz (Tijuana and Tecate, Mexico)
1993    BarBQ Bob, Kansas City Music Festival
1992,3 BarBQ Bob, Down Home Blues Festival (Rentiesville, OK)
            BarBQ Bob, Miss Valley Blues Festival (Davenport, IA)
1992    BarBQ Bob, Red Rocks Amphitheater (Denver, CO)
1987    Judy Roderick, Tobacco Road (Miami, FL), Tipitinas (NO, LA)
1983    Big Sky Mudflaps, Philadelphia Folk Festival
            Big Sky Mudflaps, McCabes (Los Angeles, CA)
            Judy Roderick & the Forebears, Bottom Line (NYC),
            Judy Roderick & the Forebears, Lonestar Cafe (NYC)
1983    Judy Roderick & the Forebears, Great American Music Hall (San Francisco, CA)
1980    Big Sky Mudflaps, Great American Music Hall (San Francisco, CA)
1980    Big Sky Mudflaps, Kool Jazz Festival (NYC)
1980    Big Sky Mudflaps,NBC Today Show (NYC)
1981    Big Sky Mudflaps, Kool Jazz Festival (NYC)
1981    Big Sky Mudflaps,NBC Today Show (NYC)

1974-81Big Sky Mudflaps, NPR Prairie Home Companion (Minneapolis, MN) four times
1973    Sunday morning David Letterman Show wi Stanley Smith (Indianapolis, IN)
1972    Sixty Million Buffalo (Boulder, CO)

Shows with: De La Soul, Bonnie Raitt, Muddy Waters, Jimmy Cliff, Pop Staples & Staples Family,
Robert Cray, Doc Watson, Guitar Junior, Johnny Copeland, Pinetop Perkins and more.

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RECORDINGS
2010 CD Dawn & Dave Kimble
          CD Mohamed Alidu & Bizung Family
          CD Low Bid on a Dream by D Michael
2009 CD "When Im Gone" wi Judy Roderick on Dexofon Records
            "Kiana" Richard Gesten photo essay
2008 CD "Our Time to Remember" on Gau Records
          CD compilation: "Under the Same Sky"
2007 CD"Disk Tum Derrei" on Gau Records
2006 CD"Another Feeling" on Dexofon Records and JSR
          CD"Village Squared" Meg York&Veelah
2005 CD"Under Paris Skies" Lannie Garrett
        CD"Some of These Days" Gypsy Swing Revue
2004       "St Louis Blues" with Lionel Young
             "Tyranny of the Material World" Ira Liss
          CD Inspiration!!! released on Dexofon Records
        CD Portal by Michael Stanwood
2003 CD Frederico Bros.
          CD Ragtime Gal with Mary Flower
2002 CD Dare to Be Lisa Bell
          CD Tangible Illusions Kirby Erikson (Hamilton, MT)
2001 CD Kambeng with Boubacar Diebate & Dialy Kounda
                Dance score "Quiltspeak" with Michael Stanwood, Mark McCoin
        CD with RJE
2000       "You Can Dance" with Michael Stanwood (Denver,CO)
          CD South of Lafayette with Artie Traum (Woodstock, NY)
1999 CD Yeahbut Shoehead with Michael Stanwood (Denver, CO)
          CD Living Together on Planet Earth /ChoralWeb
                 with Michael Stanwood (Denver, CO)
1998 CD Flying Under the Radar with Moonlighters, Harmonica Phil (MT)
1997 CD Inspirationwith Antônio Mello, Thiago de Mello (Manaus, Amazonas, Brasil)
            "Joatinga" with Paulinho Tapajós and Beth Carvalho, for
          CD Reencontro (Rio de Janeiro)
1996       "Afuera Tiempo" collaboration with Paz Cohen (Mexico DF)
1995       "Happy Birthday Song" with Sammy Mayfield, for
          CD Blues by the Bushel /OPM (Denver, CO)
          CD Armchair Caberet Live with Big Sky Mudflaps (Missoula, MT)
1994 CD Tumblin Down with Bleeker Street (Boulder, CO)
          CD Light Pink Album with Steven Allen Davis (Boulder, CO)
1993        "River City Blues" radio show with BBQ Bob Trio (Omaha, NE)
1990 CD Cant Get the Stuff No More BBQ Bob Trio (Boulder, CO)
1984       Judy Roderick & the Forbears (NYC)
1982       Judy Roderick & the Forbears with Dr John (Boulder, CO)
1979 LP Sensible Shoes /Flying Fish with Big Sky Mudflaps (Hamilton, MT)
1978 LP Live Wire Choir /Helios (Missoula,MT)
1977 LP Armchair Cabaret /Helios with Big Sky Mudflaps (Missoula, MT)

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                                 Clean Slate Music(BMI)
                                 PO Box 4104
                                 Boulder, CO 80306
                                 tel: 303.604.2040

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