Nation Beat - Archaic Humans (2024) [Official Digital Download 24/48]

Archaic Humans, out in May, is a party from New Orleans to Brazil, combining infectious rhythms and folklore of the past with a modern jazz twist.

When band leader 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 NYC. It’s a connection that came to him in 1999 amid the swirling dancers, ecstatic musicians, and powerful percussionists parading in the streets during Carnival in Recife, Brazil. He was there at the urging of his mentor, NEA Jazz Master Billy Hart, to study maracatu, the region’s complex, dance-inducing rhythm. He came home with a vision, a vision that achieves its highest, funkiest, and most expansive expression to date with the release of Nation Beat’s latest offering, Archaic Humans. It’s Nation Beat in overdrive.

Scott Kettner: drum set and percussion
Paul Carlon: tenor sax and horn arrangements
Mark Collins: trumpet
Tom McHugh: trombone
Heather Ewer: sousaphone

Special Guests:
Melanie Scholtz: vocals #5, #10, #12
Christylez Bacon: beatbox & rhymes #7, #13
Luca Texeira: percussion #2, #9
Michael Spiro: congas & percussion #8, #11

Tracklist:
01. Try Try Try [1:05]
02. Science Tribes [3:15]
03. Maracatu Gigante [2:58]
04. Archaic Humans [4:17]
05. Nation Beat feat. Melanie Scholtz - Always Spring with You [3:43]
06. Forró le Fonque [4:35]
07. Nation Beat feat. Christylez Bacon - Give a Little [5:07]
08. Mo Forró [3:37]
09. Race Car [1:39]
10. Nation Beat feat. Melanie Scholtz - Rhythm of Your Dream [3:01]
11. Be the Change [3:56]
12. Nation Beat feat. Melanie Scholtz - Inútil Paisagem [4:05]
13. Nation Beat feat. Christylez Bacon - A New Flow [1:55]


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