Photo by: Carolina Mama The NYC-based drummer/percussionist has made the best of the craziness of 2020, releasing a new album with his band Nation Beat (The Royal Chase), publishing a new method book on samba drumming (Maracatu for Drumset and Percussion), and uploading a ton of killer instructional courses to his website worlddrumlessons.com. Scott Kettner has had many platforms as a performer and educator in the New York City area. Since attending the New School in the mid-1990s, he has spent a great bit of time studying in Brazil, founding and leading Maracatu New York, teaching at the New School and through his own online platform worlddrumlessons.com, and leading Nation Beat, a band that examines the musical kinship between Brazil and New Orleans. Kettner found his way to Brazilian music through a challenge of sorts. The Florida native was lucky enough to have the great Billy Hart as his private […]

March 2021 Issue