• The New Jazz Generation: So Cool, They're Hot by Charles J. Gans (Tri-City Herald, 1996)
• Jazz New Orleans by Norman Provizer (e.Bop, Feb. 1996)
• Like Young by Francis Davis (The Atlantic Monthly, Jul. 1996)
• Trumpeter Travel from New Orleans to Downtown by Elizabeth Molo (L.A. Downtown News, Aug. 26, 1996)
• The Jazz Column by Michael Ullman (Fanfare, Sep./Oct. 1996)
• Conversations With: Nicholas Payton & Antonio Gambrell (Urban Desires, Jun.-Feb., 1997)
• New Stars of Jazz by Gordon Spencer (Milwaukee Footlights, Jul. 3, 1997)
• Stretching Traditions by Greg Devlin (Creative Loafing Charlotte, Sep. 1997)
• Nicholas Payton by David W. Bothner (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)  

 

• New Orleans Collective (1992, Evidence) with Wessell Anderson, Peter Martin, Christopher Thomas and Brian Blade

• New Orleans Collective by Geraldine Wyckoff (OffBeat, Mar. 1995)
• Nicholas Payton -- 'New Orleans Collective' by Geoffrey Himes (The Washington Post, Mar. 10, 1995)

 

• From This Moment (1995, Verve)

• Review at Jazz OnLine (1995) 
• Review by Matt Kelland (UKOnline, Oct. 31, 1996)
• Album notes and review (CD Universe)
• Review by Leon McEntire (Delta Boogie, May 12, 1999)  

 

• Gumbo Nouveau (1996, Verve)

• Review by Peter Jordan (mz.com, no date)
• Review by Geraldine Wyckoff (OffBeat, May 1996)
• Review by Wayne Saroyan (Music Wire, May 1996)
• Review by Motormusic (1997) - in German 
• Review by Slomo Grossman (Urban Desires, Jan.-Feb. 1997)
• Review by Jazz Friends Review (Jazz Friends Review, Feb. 1997)
• Review by Tom Moon (Microsoft Music Central, 1997) 
• Album notes and review (CD Universe)
• Scotts on Sound (New Jersey OnLine)

 

• Doc Cheatham & Nicholas Payton (1997, Verve)

• Review at Verve Interactive (no date)
• Album notes and review (CD Universe)
• Review at Music Preview Network (no date) 
• Review by Bob Protzman (The News-Times, May 14, 1997) 
• Fresh Heirs by Bruce Handy (Time Magazine, Jun. 2, 1997)
• Review by Alan Paul (People, Jun. 16, 1997)
• Review by John Sinclair (The Worcester Phoenix, Jun. 20-27, 1997)
• Doc Cheatham: 1905-1997 by Josh Jackson (WWOZ 90.7 FM, Jul. 1997)

 

• Fingerpainting - The Music of Herbie Hancock (1997, Verve) with Christian McBride and Mark Whitfield

• Review at Verve Interactive (no date)

 

• Payton's Place (1998, Verve)

• Review at Verve Interactive (no date)
• Review by Theresa Crushshon (Jazz Review)
• Review by Stanley Booth (Tower Records, Aug. 1998) 

 

• Nicholas Payton - Biography (Hopper Management)  
• Nicholas Payton (Riverwalk, Nov. 15, 1996)
• Guest artist biographies (30th Annual Elmhurst College Jazz Festival, Feb. 28, Mar. 1-2, 1997) 
• Biography - Nicholas Payton (Jazz Central Station, Jun 1997)
• Nicholas Payton Biography (JazzNet, no date) 
• The Funky Butt Artist Hangout (The Funky Butt At Congo Square, 1997)
• Biography: Nicholas Payton (St. Lucia Jazz Festival, 1997)
• Nicholas Payton (Verve Interactive)
• Biography at Excite  

 

• Nicholas Payton Quartet with Jesse Davis (WGVU Radio, 1997) 
• Hal Leonard Jazz Series (Milwaukee Footlights, 1997)
• Toe-tappin' music will waft on the Delta breeze by Marilyn Mantay (The Davis Enterprise, 1998)
• 1999-2000 Jazz Club Season (The Orange County Performing Arts Center, 1999) 
• Nicholas Payton Quintet (Fermilab Arts Series, May 4, 1999)  

 

• Live at Hollywood Bowl (JazzNet, 1995) 
• Nicholas Payton at The Iridum Room by Bob Margolis (All About Jazz, Jul. 1997)
• Nicholas Payton at The Iridum Room by Bob Margolis (All About Jazz, Jul. 1997) - same as above but other location
• Nicholas Payton Quintet by Raymond Stadt (The Jazz-L Juke Joint, Dec. 6, 1997)   

 

• Cheatham, Payton: They blow away the generation gap by Charles J. Gans (The Standard-Times, Jun. 3, 1997)
• Trumpeter 'Doc' Cheatham, 91 by Kevin L. Carter (Philadelphia Inquirer, Jun. 3, 1997) 
• Noted Jazz Trumpeter Doc Cheatham, 91, Dies in D.C. After Suffering Stroke by Claudia Levy (The Washington Post, Jun. 3, 1997)
• Nicholas Payton Performance List (Microsoft Music Central, 1997)  
• Nicholas Payton photographed by Lenny Bernstein