scott kettner
Creator
Musician
UNITED STATES / Brooklyn
Microfundo public URL:
http://microfundo.mymondomix.com/scottkettner
http://www.nationbeat.com

About scott kettner

SCOTT KETTNER (Artistic Director/Founder
The Nation Beat and Maracatu New York)
Drummer,Percussionist,Composer,Recording
artist Scott Kettner is building a unique position
for himself in the world of Jazz and
Contemporary World Music. A graduate of The
New School University Jazz and Contemporary
Music program, Kettner has studied intensively
in Brazil and in 2004 became a member of one
of the oldest existing traditional Maracatu
groups from Recife, Brazil, Maracatu Nação
Estrela Brilhante (founded in 1906). In 2003
and 2005 Scott was awarded an artist grant
from The Brooklyn Arts Council for his project
Maracatu New York and The Nation Beat and
was just elected a 2006 Latin Jazz
Ambassador by the U.S. State Department.
Scott is also a faculty member of The New
School Universityʼs Jazz and Contemporary
Music Program where he conducts the Brazilian
Maracatu Percussion class.

Scottʼs passion for world music, particularly
Brazilian music, recently led him to a very
unique apprenticeship in Brazil. Upon
graduating from The New School University
Jazz and Contemporary music program Scott
lived in Brazil and studied with percussion
master Jorge Martins da Silva. It was here
that Jorge introduced Scott to the rhythms and
instruments from the northeastern region of
Brazil, particularly Maracatu de Baque Virado.
Upon concluding his apprenticeship in Brazil
Scott founded and is the acting artistic director
of Nation Beat Music, a company dedicated
mostly to the performance and knowledge of
Northeastern Brazilian rhythms.

As a sideman, Kettner has worked and
recorded with "Beat The Donkey" led by world
famous Brazilian percussionist Cyro Baptista,
the great Klezmer trumpeter Frank London
and the Klezmer Brass Allstars. He has also
worked with the Latin jazz group "Annette
Aguilarʼs String Beans", African Drum and
Dance group of NYC "Magbana", Finnish
folkloric group Kaiku, and Forro For All”.

Scott composed and recorded for the latest
Cascabulho CD, a world famous Mangue Beat
group from Recife, Brazil, which was nominated
for a 2005 Latin Grammy Award. Also, in
2005 Scott was awarded an artist grant by the
Brazilian government to bring his group The
Nation Beat to Recife, Brazil to record a CD
together with the traditional Maracatu group
Estrela Brilhante.

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