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Scott Kettner

When Scott Kettner looks at a map, he sees a direct line that connects the rivers of northeastern Brazil to the parishes of New Orleans and the streets of Brooklyn. A master percussionist, bandleader, producer and songwriter, Kettner is the guiding force behind Nation Beat, a band whose teeming, vibrant rhythms find common ground in the primal maracatu rhythm of Brazil’s northeastern region, the Big Easy’s funky, hypnotic second-line and strolling Mardi Gras Indians, and the unfettered freedom of big-city downtown jazz.

For Kettner, the discovery of maracatu was a life-changing experience

Archaic Humans

Label: Ropeadope
Released: 2024
Track listing: Try Try Try, Science Tribes, Maracatu Gigante, Archaic Humans, Always Spring With You, Forró le Fonque, Give a Little, Mo Forró, Race Car, Rhythm of Your Dream, Be the Change.

Dime Dancing: The Music Of Steely Dan

By Andrew Green

Label: Shifting Paradigm Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Black Cow; Aja; Any World (That I'm Welcome To); Reelin' in the Years; Dirty Work; Daddy Don't Live in That NYC No More; Everything You Did; Rikki Don't Lose That Number.

Tommy Igoe: The Tommy Igoe Groove Conspiracy

by Edward Blanco
October 19, 2014

Known as one of the best drummers in the jazz world today, Tommy Igoe is also one of the most in-demand musicians around and since 2006, Igoe and the Birdland Big band have been holding residency at New York's Birdland Jazz Club which apparently, is not enough to keep the drummer grounded. Igoe now lives in ...

Yeahwon Shin: Yeahwon

by Ernest Barteldes
October 27, 2010

On her debut recording, New York-based Korean singer Yeahwon Shin takes on a demanding set of tunes, mostly based on compositions by Brazilian songwriters Antonio Carlos Jobim, Dorival Caymmi, Egberto Gismonti, Milton Nascimento and Ary Barroso. She opens with “Chovendo Na Roseira" (known in English as “Double Rainbow"), singing in Portuguese with an original arrangement loosely ...

Holy Oak

By Scott Kettner

Label: Independent Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: Ms. Snow, Odd Moments, More Than You Know, Fyodor, Holden

The Scott Kettner Group: Holy Oak

by Glenn Astarita
May 1, 2001

New York City-based drummer Scott Kettner and his quintet, dish out slightly raucous grooves along with a cerebral touch and lots of character on this gleeful recording titled, Holy Oak. This band pursues a no frills vibe while also hearkening back to 70’s and 80’s style jazz/rock/funk, thanks to saxophonists Matt Parker and Julio Monterrey’s acute ...