Walter Payton (musician)

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Walter Payton is a jazz bassist and sousaphonist from New Orleans, Louisiana. He has played with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and the Young Tuxedo Brass Band, and leads his own group called the Snap Bean Band. He also taught music at New Orleans' McDonough 15 Elementary.

Payton is the father of jazz trumpet player Nicholas Payton.