Instrument:
Drums
Discography:
“Equality” - coming soon
Line up:
Nasheet Waits – drums
Eric McPherson – drums
Abraham Burton – tenor
Date & Time:
25 November 2008; 8:00 PM
Venue:
Knitting Factory
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Nasheet Waits
Teamed with:
Geri Allen, Mario Bauza, Hamiett Bluiett, Abraham Burton, Ron
Carter, Marc Cary, Steve Coleman, Stanley Cowell, Orrin Evans,
Stefon Harris, Andrew Hill, Bill Lee, Jackie McLean, The Mingus
Big Band, The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Greg Osby, Joshua
Redman, Vanessa Rubin, Antoine Roney, Wallace Roney, Jacky
Terrason, Bunky Green, Mark Turner, Fred Hersch, Orrin Evans,
Hamiet Bluiett, Ed Cherry, Steve Davis, Amir El Saffar, Bunky
Green, Philip Harper, Antonio Hart and many more...
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.
Most recently Nasheet has been a member of Andrew Hill's various bands,
Jason Moran's Bandwagon, and Fred Hersch's trio. As an originating member
of pianist Jason Moran’s Bandwagon, Jason, bassist Tarus Mateen, and
Nasheet have been deemed, "the most exciting rhythm section in jazz" by
JazzTimes, The 2001 recording « Black Stars » with the Bandwagon, featuring
Sam Rivers was named the « Best CD of 2001 » in (Jazz Times, Jan 2002) and
« The New York Times ».Nasheet’s recording and performing discography is a
veritable who’s who in Jazz, boasting stints with jazz notables such as Geri
Allen, Mario Bauza, Hamiett Bluiett, Abraham Burton, Ron Carter, Marc Cary,
Steve Coleman, Stanley Cowell, Orrin Evans, Stefon Harris, Andrew Hill, Bill Lee,
Jackie McLean, The Mingus Big Band, The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra,
Greg Osby, Joshua Redman, Vanessa Rubin, Antoine Roney, Wallace Roney,
Jacky Terrason, Bunky Green, and Mark Turner. Waits has recorded and
toured extensively in Africa, Europe, Japan, Canada, South America and the
United States.
Website: http://www.nasheetwaits.com
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