Jonathan Scales Fourchestra: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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- Watch Jonathan Scales Fourchestra play "Focus Poem", "We Came Through The Storm" and "Fake Buddha's Inner Child" at the Tiny Desk.
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Feb. 7, 2020 | Suraya Mohamed -- Here's a first: Steelpans at the Tiny Desk. It's true. Nearly a thousand performances into the series and the instrument has never been featured, until now. While the two bowls look shiny and new in this Jonathan Scales Fourchestra set, they were once authentic oil barrels, pounded, finished and tuned for bandleader, Jonathan Scales. But instrumentation and singularity aside, Scales' virtuosity, energy and connection to his bandmates wowed the NPR crowd, many of whom had never heard this music before.
Scales' musical hero, Béla Fleck, happened to be performing in the Washington, D.C. area on the same day as this performance, with just enough time to stop in for one song,"Focus Poem." It's a cut Fleck originally played banjo on for the band's 2018 album Pillar. While the tune is a regular on the trio's setlist, this performance marks the first time they've played it live with Fleck. Scales later revealed that it was a little risky to open with such a technically complicated piece, but the execution was still superb.
Jonathan Scales Fourchestra has been performing for 13 years, now, redefining the steelpans as a signature jazz instrument. The first iteration of the band was a trio-plus-guitar, hence the "four" in the name. But when drummer Maison Guidry and bassist E'Lon JD joined Scales later, it was clear the trio's sound was complete. JD grounds the music with powerful bass lines, combined with guitar-like melodic and harmonic embellishments.
The other two songs in this set are also from Pillar. While it's not his most recent album, Scales calls it his most potent work to date, a quintessential representation of his music. "We Came Through The Storm," with its heavy arrangement, is one of their most popular tunes, partly because of the dazzling drum riffs Guidry nails with playful proficiency. "Fake Buddha's Inner Child" closes the set on a sweet, softer note, showing the striking versatility of this band.
SET LIST
"Focus Poem"
"We Came Through The Storm"
"Fake Buddha's Inner Child"
MUSICIANS
Jonathan Scales: steelpans; Béla Fleck: banjo; E'Lon JD: bass; Maison Guidry: drums
CREDITS
Producers: Suraya Mohamed, Morgan Noelle Smith, Jack Corbett; Creative director: Bob Boilen; Audio engineers: Josh Rogosin, Natasha Branch; Editor: Jack Corbett; Videographers: Morgan Noelle Smith, Maia Stern, Jack Corbett, Kara Frame; Associate producer: Bobby Carter Executive producer: Lauren Onkey; VP, programming: Anya Grundmann; Photo: Mhari Shaw/NPR
![[FULL SHOW] Jonathan Scales Fourchestra - Live at Heartwood Soundstage](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/GVD5fDjoaBc/mqdefault.jpg)
Thanks for the love, NPR. And thanks to everyone who is listening.
hello from brazil, wonderful presentation, you are very talented! Come to Rio de Janeiro !!
Congrats Bro! This is amazing! Glad to see you getting your amazing music to the masses!!! ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽
Thanks for working hard to share your music with all of us :)
Can’t wait to see y’all in Charleston next week!
WOW! Amazing
my god that drummer is insane
Maison guidry. One of best out here
I actually met him when I was way younger, super cool dude and took the time to teach me some stuff.
I love jazz percussion. Can't get enough
I’ll say it too, Maison Guidry. One of thee craziest out there on the drums.
No one talks about it as it's normal to play bass like that. Elon JD is my new Hero
Walked into a building to run sound for a band - had no idea what to expect or who these guys were. Was not prepared to have another worldly experience working with this trio and hanging out with them afterwards. Im hooked now! I cant stop listening or showing their music to people. I cant believe i missed this Tiny Desk performance! I feel so behind the times.
The steel pan is one of the most underrated instruments
oh man, NPR gets the most amazing artists I would never have heard of without them. God bless you and the Jonathan Scales Fourchestra
Archie Cumper Tiny Desk is how I found many of my favorite artists.
I’ve been following him for a while now and his music and his shifting line up is always surprising and amazing 👌 a great artist to discover for sure
Never heard Steelpan Jazz before. This is why I love Tiny Desk Concerts.
well give a listen to Portico quartet, it's great ;)
@@metamorphis216 Will do! Thanks for the recommendation
Visit trinidad and tobago sometime bro, but this truly was an amazing listen
You should check out Othello Molineaux, He played with Jaco Pastorius back in the day.
Othello Molineux
Drummer is wild. Also note he goes from NASA hoodie to NASA t-shirt 😎🚀
Maison Guidry, he is a very unique drummer
I noticed that! Nasa got to study him, he’s not from this world.
Unique for sure! I'd say his drum style is Dave Chappelle playing Jenga.
Gaslit Masses genius analogy
Name’s Mason...wearing a NASA shirt...
This drummer is my spirit animal. Not only can he play, but he’s into it. My man
Maison Guidry
Wow great compositions - it's fusion, it's mythic, it's groovy, it's symphonic. It's like a modern day Return to Forever
Wow. Best comment/compliment ever for me. Thank you for listening.
I second this comment. They were amazing last night in Pensacola.
magical, just put this on my workout playlist and it increased push-up capacity by 100% (to 8 push-ups) 👏🙏💖
Schmoyoho accent on the YO!
schmoyoho keep pushin😜
🤣🤣🤣I can definitely relate.
would love to hear Katie Couric spittin some rhymes on that bASS and drums..
If ya dont know, now ya knowwww. Get hip, this is one of the greatest bands of our time.
Wow Maison Guidry , now he’s one serious drummer , Mark Guiliana got some serious competition now 😂😂😂, just downloaded every record love it
Haha Maison is what Mark Giuliana would sound like if Mark's mind thought/his body was able to move 10x faster😂
He has a Brian Blades like energy to him.
Lol, we compare Maison to Ronald Bruner and Mike Mitchell.... There's waaaayyyy more to him
"we came through the storm" sounded sinister but it looks like they made it through the storm. I never heard steel drums sound so moody even dark, sad. I thought they only did the happy thing. Very Cool.
*_0:00_**_ - Focus Poem_* (5:02 / 5:14)
*_7:18_**_ - We Came Through the Storm_* (13:29 / 13:43)
*_14:30_**_ - Fake Buddha's Inner Child_* (18:19)
So unusual it stunned me for a few minutes however, it totally grew on me. Brilliant musicianship.
So glad they got you guys on here. My first time seeing the fourchestra as a 4pc. Maison and JD, you two are RIDICULOUS!!!!!! Johnathan is a genius. Bela is BELA
A banjo????? A BANJO?!?!!?!! THIS IS EPIC
Not just a banjo, there's also Béla Fleck playing it!!! :)
I thought that was Bella
Yes!! I love it! 💖 💖 💖
THE Banjo*
🔥🔥🔥
An Amazing artiste that's true. I disagree with this line in the write up on Jonathan. It said, "Jonathan Scales who just might be the only jazz steel pannist playing professionally today". You guys should visit Trinidad and Tobago's Earl Rodney and many more steel drummers. who play the same set steel pans with four sticks and make the instrument sound like a piano by playing lead and rich accompanied chords.
Exactly. Glad someone else saw
Thanks for your comments. You are correct and we took that line out of the description.
@@nprmusic Thank you for making the change. Trinidad and Tobago is the Mecca of steel pan. I love your show. All the best.
Happy that someone pointed out the fact of Trinidad and Tobago. We actually have a lot of pan-jazz players, festivals, and concerts here on the islands
So happy to see these guys here. I came across them accidentally when they were the opener for Consider the Source. I fell in love with their sound immediately, and have been following their progress ever since. Jonathan is super friendly and down to earth too. So psyched he and his band are getting the success they deserve.
They are incredible, following them on Instagram, following Maison Guidry since 2008, he is an unreal drummer.
Check my playlists for great CTS content :)
I've been obsessed with this band for the past 2 weeks. Thank you tinydesk!
You’re Welcome
Thanks for watching!
Got to work with them twice when I did hospitality for a club. Two different incarnations of the band, both times were spiritually good. And Jonathan is a super nice dude too.
Just saw these guys open for Animals as Leaders earlier this week, and they sounded a lot heavier in person. Everyone was killing it, but their drummer on another planet that night.
We are chameleons.
Technical, dissonant, beautiful. Drummer is beyond outstanding. Thank you for all of the hours that went into you all becoming such magical musical artists.
Dope sound. I enjoyed this .. especially the bass player.
This is insane! The speed and accuracy of all these guys is nuts!
So proud of these guys. True hustlers and AMAZING MUSICIANS
THAT'S BÉLA! OMG!!!
They are ALL 🔥💯
OMG These guys are FANTASTIC! It's much appreciated that NPR presents instrumentalist music, and musicians of high caliber like these guys!
Wow. All of them are astounding to watch: blurred hands, moving so fast! Thank you!
Just... Wow! Blazing set! Thanks to NPR, Bela Fleck, Jonathan Scales and the Fourchestra, this made my day!
Wth is this beautiful mixology of instrument types debauchery wow. Caribbean jazz folk?!?!?!? Amazing!!!!!!! Love it!!!
I think my brain levelled up a notch listening to this. THANKS guys. Incredible!
FINALLY SCALES GETS ON NPR THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR!!!
Watching this AGAIN & the bass & drums just… 🥲😭
Came to these guys from MonoNeon, haven't heard em in awhile tho. This is smokin
I would have never heard this if it weren’t for the tiny concerts. Thank you. It’s absolutely awesome
These original pan compositions are awesome. Great set of musicians, especially the bassist.
Tooooooo much! What an interesting collection of instruments. Love the sound, love watching the drummer and a great surprise to see Bella 👍✌️😊🙏🏼🎵🎶⛵️🎶🎵
The drummer is Maison Guidry
That drummer is so slick.
Excellent. As a fellow drummer, I really dig the drummer's style
Maison Guidry
thank god for npr! not jus this one but all the dope sheds i stumbled across from famous to ones i never heard of
they are all so good and better together...great sound.
Steel pan, national instrument of 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago . Thanks Tiny Desk. You should hear awhole band play, it’s amazing.
I love that NPR is always in time for my morning commute
We do what we can :)
Bela Fleck! I honestly didn't know until I started watching. Amazing.
Brilliant syncopation. 😎👌🏻
Jon and Crew - Congrats! Sounds great. Cool seeing you team up with your musical hero and do your thing so calmly and effortlessly.... Killing show in January hope to play again!! -Chris/ Trinidelphia
Why does this room sound so fricking awesome???
Wonderful mic techniques along with amazing musicianship! Well done NPR Tiny Desk!
Saw them in Talent, Oregon. Absoulety insane!
Beautiful! E'Lon JD and Maison Guidry - mega-super-hyper-groovey)
Banjo and steel drums lol I never knew my brain would love this
Love these guys- and they are a pleasure to work with. We had a blast with them at October 2019 LEAF Festival. Serious Chops for days.
Nothing prepared me for this....😱
This is dope. Keeps me motivated to continue posting pure music
banjo and steelpans on 3 'n 4 poly beats is so epic! I love it!
Jonathan Scales fourchestra is refreshing, authentic and soothing. 👍
Been following Jon for a number of years. Always mind-blowingly great! And his band mates! Nice to see them all getting such deserved recognition.
So wonderful!!! Thank you so much for this talent!! Peace and blessings to all!!
These guys make my days.......
Just Brilliant. Each one of these guys is a beast. But together as a group...even more so. Hats off gents.
Theses guys are so original! Love what I'm hearing!!!
You guys are on a *whole* different level! Amazing work and phenomenal musicianship all around!
Just made a great day even better finding this music
DUDE!? Yeahess! Saw a steelepan (correction from what I thought was a marimba), had to watch, saw the banjo like huh? Heard that SOUND like ahh I get it! New Fan For Life!!
Incredible musicians. I love them. Much love from Mercer County, Jonathan scales
Amazing blend of instruments!
This band! Drummer is fabulous
Maison Guidry
Such adventurous music! Sounds like they're discovering new places
I'm a bassist and I totally dig the way this Kat plays his drumz...my goodness your just too Dope bro.
His name is Maison Guidry
If that ain't a time signature, then I don't know what is.
his signature time
First time hearing steelpans with other instruments. I think I’ve only seen random people playing this instrument in like subways and train stations in NY and London. This was dope to see!! Definitely gonna start listening to these guys. Thanks NPR! 🧡
Yes yes yes and yes to this group
This is literally jaw-dropping: I couldn’t close my mouth until they stopped playing!
Bah gawd, they're amazing. The drummer was outta control, yeesh.
Love the sound.....very interesting. Banjo, steel drums, and a cosmic rhythm section!!
NPR you're full of surprises. I never though you were going to bring these gentlemen here 😲
Never saw banjo played like that. Each musician is quite gifted. Would live to play along w them w my array of instruments.
What instruments do you play?
You should hear more Béla Fleck . Start with 3 Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest . His music constantly redefines the Banjo.
I play harmonicas, congas, flute, guitar and a vast array of mini percussion instruments but I don't play any of them like anybody else has ever played them. I also sing.
Bela Fleck 🤘
God this is so freaking amazing!!!!!
Amazing to hear the live dynamic between this truly excellent group of musicians...Tiny Desk Engineer's you are stars!
The bass at 2:26 oh my days!
Ridiculous ain't he ??? I hate him so much !!!!
I was just watching Baby Rose's set when it ended and this came on. Lucky me!!! This is incredible!!!
Béla Fleck!!
Yup! And it isn't his first time at the tiny desk, either! ruclips.net/video/BfNlkqX7hlc/видео.html
F*** me this is so good... I hope secretly to hear them playing the Monkey Island soundtrack one day.... Thanks for this mindblowing experience
Proud of you lads!
Um... how do you play such intricate drum parts so whisper quiet? Fourchestra! How do you play jazz on steelpans? Fourchestra! How do you make the banjo awesome? Fourchestra! How do you look relaxed and sleepy while playing wheedley-wee on a 5-string bass?? Fourchestra!
God I love tiny desk...
Thats Bela Fleck on banjo. Perhaps the greatest musician living. He can make the banjo do whatever he wants.
@@thomsawyer Indeed! I only realized after posting, doh! :)
(Perfect world). And the Grammy goes to.......FOURCHESTRA!!!!!
These are my favorite minor chord progressions in the first song, it’s so great just moving from minor to diminished to tritone above, vibin
Amazing!! Love seeing steel pans in popular music.
Amazing musicians... simply awesome
🤯 Wow I have never heard a Banjo sound so cool with some steel drums!
dude this was *so good* and that drummer was smooth af
The combination of instruments is amazing
I was about to go to bed, but I can spare a few minutes!
its 11 am :D
Simply amazing! How you make a banjo pop so hard though!!!!
yes! Béla Fleck is the man! I love making music with him.
Wow, this just absolutely amazing musical flow
Those 18 minutes and 52 seconds were over way too quickly. I need more!
Absolutely! We need more! :)
The live shows are amazing! Go see one or a dozen like I probably have.
WOW!! They're all so unbelievably talented, but as a drummer Mason is unreal man. Thanks to npr for putting these guys on
wauw, this is magic! to listen again and again, it's hypnotic
I’m in total awe🤩