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Nasheet Waits

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Nasheet Waits, drummer/music educator, is a New York native. His interest in playing the drums was encouraged by his father, legendary percussionist, Frederick Waits. Over the course of his career, Freddie Waits played with such legendary artists as Ella Fitzgerald, Sonny Rollins, Max Roach, McCoy Tyner, and countless others. Freddie Waits Nasheet’s college education began at Morehouse in Atlanta, GA, where he majored in Psychology and History. Deciding that music would be his main focus, he continued his college studies in New York at Long Island University, where he graduated with honors, receiving his Bachelor of Arts in Music

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Rare Metals

Label: Greenleaf Music
Released: 2011
Track listing: Town Hall; Night Growl; Lush Life; Thread; Safeway; My Old Sign.

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Article: Live Review

Vijay Iyer and Friends Pay Tribute to Andrew Hill

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Eternal Spirit: Vijay Iyer & Friends Celebrate the Music of Andrew HillHarlem StageNew York, NYMarch 1, 2024 From the start, “Eternal Spirit: Vijay Iyer & Friends Celebrate the Music of Andrew Hill" was no standard tribute. The show's distinctions crystallized during a sublime, uninterrupted 15 minutes of music near the end ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Nasheet Waits, Ethan Iverson, Kenny Burrell & Jay McShann

Read "Nasheet Waits, Ethan Iverson, Kenny Burrell & Jay McShann" reviewed by Joe Dimino


From a modern star in the jazz world, we begin the 840th Episode of Neon Jazz with Nasheet Waits and the tune Snake Hip Waltz from his impressive catalog of music. From there, we hear his father Freddie Waits teamed with Kenny Barron. We also get tasty new music from the likes of David Gibson, Ethan ...

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News: Performance / Tour

'The Music Of Max Roach' Celebrates The Centennial Of The Legendary Jazz Drummer And Composer On Thursday, February 15, 2024

'The Music Of Max Roach' Celebrates The Centennial Of The Legendary Jazz Drummer And Composer On Thursday, February 15, 2024

New England Conservatory’s Jazz Studies Department marks the centennial of a great American jazz drummer and composer with The Music of Max Roach on Thursday, February 15, at 8 p.m. in NEC’s Burnes Hall. NEC faculty member and drummer Nasheet Waits, who performed with Roach in his historic percussion ensemble M’Boom, curates the event and joins ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Harlem Stage Presents Eternal Spirit: Vijay Iyer & Friends Celebrate the Music of Andrew Hill on March 1-2, 2024

Harlem Stage Presents Eternal Spirit: Vijay Iyer & Friends Celebrate the Music of Andrew Hill on March 1-2, 2024

Friday, March 1, 2024 7:30 PM 9:30 PM Additional Performances March 2, 2024—7:30PM Harlem Stage 150 Convent Avenue New York, NY 10031 (212) 281-9240 Seating: Reserved Seating Described by The New York Times as a “social conscience, multimedia collaborator, system builder, rhapsodist, historical thinker, and multicultural gateway,” composer and pianist Vijay Iyer is one ...

Album

Prime

Label: Brother Mister Productions
Released: 2023
Track listing: Head Bedlam; Prime; Moonchild; Obsequiois; The Lurkers; The Good Life; Dolphy Dust; East Broadway Rubdown.

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Organ Monk Going Home

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Who Knows; Evidence; San Francisco Holiday; Brilliant Corners; Gallop’s Gallop; Two Timer; Brake’s Sake; Jaclyn’s Eyes.

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Blues Variant

Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2023
Track listing: Blues Variant; Saqqara; High Or Booze; The Healing Power Of GRITS; Eye Of The Hurricane; The Water Spirit Brought Us, The Water Spirit Will Take Us Home; Gather Power; Improvisation; Cycle Song; Year Of The Ox.

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From the Dancehall to the Battlefield

Label: Yes Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: From the Dancehall to the Battlefield; Ballin the Jack / Feed the Fire; All of No Man's Land Is Ours; Russian Rag; Darktown Strutter’s Ball; Flee as a Bird to Your Mountain / Ghosts; Drop (Tear); That Moaning Trombone; Memphis Blues; St. Louis Blues; Hesitating Blues; Clef Club March; Castle House Rag; Zena's Circle; For James.


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