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 ...

Walter Payton , 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.

Walter Payton —New Orleans bassist and music educator—has passed away at the age of 68 on Thursday, October 28, after a long illness. A native of the city, Payton taught for twenty-five years in the ...

Preservation Hall Director Ben Jaffe today wrote his recollections of the late bassist Walter Payton, who passed away yesterday: Walt’s been a part of my as long as I can remember. I started studying ...

“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 ...