DESCRIPTION:
The first video in a series of 3, Scott Kettner's PASIC 2010 clinic entitled, "Contemporary and Modern Approaches to Northeastern Brazilian Rhythms for Drumset and Percussion / Maracatu, Forró, Baião.

For the complete clinic - along with a free 12 page handout detailing the rhythms and drumset applications, please visit:
http:vicfirth.com/exchange/2011/07/11/northeastern-brazilian-rhythms-for-drumset

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 rhythms of Brazilʼs northeastern region, the Big Easyʼs funky, hypnotic second-line and strolling Mardi Gras Indians, and the unfettered freedom of big-city downtown jazz.
No less an icon than Willie Nelson, who invited Nation Beat to perform at his 2008 Farm Aid concert, proclaimed, " After I heard their CD I became a fan and I was overwhelmed by their music." Equally enthusiastic was writer David R. Adler of Philadelphia Online, who described Nation Beat as " a pan-hemispheric, post- colonial party; a rootsy rhythm riot, conceived in bright colors and infectious melodies."