, the longtime bassist in the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, suffered a minor stroke Jan. 8 while on tour. He remains hospitalized in the Washington D.C. area. Payton, 67, is a versatile bassist ...

Walter Payton Jr., the genial bassist who anchored the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and shaped generations of public school students, died Thursday at Kindred Hospital-New Orleans following a ...

"The Preservation Hall Jazz Band suffered a serious blow, earlier this week, with the passing of bassist Walter Payton. Still, they played on (bassless) - with a photo of Walter, surrounded by ...

While the musicians of Preservation Hall’s famous band have evolved over the years — the great clarinetist Ralph Johnson died late in 2009, and bassist Walter Payton had a stroke in January ...

Walter Payton—New Orleans bassist and music educator—has passed away at the age of 68 on Thursday, October 28, after a long illness. ... Mr Payton was a mainstay of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, ...

Preservation Hall is a character in this book with its mottled colors, stained walls, and clouded windows. Eve Abrams’ interviews sensitively get the musicians to reveal the appeal of the Hall and the ...