Nasheet Waits

Nasheet Waits
Nasheet Waits
Background information
Born	June 15, 1971 (age 54); New York City
Genres	Jazz
Occupation	Musician
Instrument	Drums
Years active	1993–present
Website	www.nasheetwaits.com

Nasheet Waits is an American jazz drummer.^[1]

Early life and career

Waits is a New York native who has been active on the jazz scene since early in his life. His father, percussionist Freddie Waits, died when Waits was 18.^[1]

Before pursuing a music career, Waits studied psychology and history at Morehouse College in Atlanta. He also holds a degree from Long Island University in music. While he was studying at L.I.U, instructor Michael Carvin secured Waits a spot in the percussion ensemble M'Boom, started by his father (Freddie Waits) and drummer Max Roach in 1970.

Waits's longstanding projects include Jason Moran & The Bandwagon, a trio with Moran, Waits, and Tarus Mateen;^[2] Tarbaby, a trio with Eric Revis and Orrin Evans;^[3] and his band Equality.^[4]

In 2012, Hurricane Sandy caused massive flooding in the basement Westbeth studio Waits had inherited from his father in 1989.^[5]

In 2020, his group Nasheet Waits By Sea, a quartet with Nduduzo Makhathini, Immanuel Wilkins, Rashaan Carter, opened the Winter Jazzfest’s Manhattan Marathon.^[6]^[7]

Selected discography

As a leader

Equality (Fresh Sound Records, 2008)
Between Nothingness and Infinity (Laborie, 2016)
New York Love Letter (Bitter Sweet) (Giant Step Arts, 2024)

With Tarbaby

Tarbaby (Imani, 2009)
The End of Fear (Posi-tone, 2010)
Ballad of Sam Langford (Hipnotic, 2013)
Fanon (RogueArt, 2013)
Dance of the Evil Toys (Clean Feed, 2022)
You Think This America (Giant Step Arts, 2024)

As sideman

With Ralph Alessi

Baida (ECM, 2013)
Quiver (ECM, 2016)

With Dave Douglas

Spirit Moves (Greenleaf, 2009)
United Front: Brass Ecstasy at Newport (Greenleaf, 2011)
Rare Metal (Greenleaf, 2011)

With Antonio Hart

For Cannonball and Woody (RCA/Novus, 1993)
All We Need (Downtown, 2004)

With Tony Malaby

Tamarindo (Clean Feed, 2007)
Somos Agua (Clean Feed, 2014)
Palomo Recio (Clean Feed, 2016)

With Jason Moran

Facing Left (Blue Note, 2000)
Black Stars (Blue Note, 2001)
The Bandwagon (Blue Note, 2003)
Same Mother (Blue Note, 2005)
Artist in Residence (Blue Note, 2006)
Ten (Blue Note, 2010)
All Rise: A Joyful Elegy for Fats Waller (Blue Note, 2014)
Thanksgiving at The Vanguard (Yes, 2017)
Looks of a Lot (Yes, 2018)

With Armen Nalbandian

Quiet As It's Kept (Blacksmith Brother Music, 2011)
The Holy Ghost (Blacksmith Brother Music, 2018)
Fire Sign (Blacksmith Brother Music, 2018)
Live in Little Tokyo Vol. I (Blacksmith Brother Music, 2018)
Live in Little Tokyo Vol. II (Blacksmith Brother Music, 2018)
Ghosts (Blacksmith Brother Music, 2019)
Live on Sunset (Blacksmith Brother Music, 2019)

With Tim Berne

The Coandă Effect (Relative Pitch, 2020)
Tangled (Screwgun, 2022)

With others

Komeda Project, Requiem (WM, 2009)
Rob Brown, Unknown Skies (RogueArt, 2011)
Avishai Cohen, Into the Silence (ECM, 2016), Cross My Palm with Silver (ECM, 2017)
Steve Davis, Meant to Be (Criss Cross, 2004)
Yelena Eckemoff, I Am a Stranger in This World (L&H, 2022)
Orrin Evans, Blessed Ones (Criss Cross, 2001)
Eddie Gómez, Palermo (Jazzeyes, 2007)
Bunky Green, Another Place (Label Bleu, 2004 [2006])
Fred Hersch, Night and the Music (Palmetto, 2007)
Andrew Hill, A Beautiful Day (Palmetto, 2002)
Ethan Iverson, The Purity of the Turf (Criss Cross Jazz, 2016)
Igor Lumpert, Innertextures live (Clean Feed, 2012)
Christian McBride, Christian McBride's New Jawn (Mack Avenue, 2018),
Christian McBride, Prime (Mack Avenue, 2023)
David Murray, Be My Monster Love (Motéma, 2013)
Émile Parisien Sextet, Louise (ACT, 2022)
Luis Perdomo, Awareness (RKM, 2007)
Mark Turner, Dharma Days (Warner Bros., 2001)
Anthony Wonsey, Open the Gates (Criss Cross, 1999)
Bojan Z, Transpacifik (Label Bleu, 2003)

Sources

References

^ ^a ^b Ratliff, Ben (15 October 1999). "CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK; Propelled by Different Drummers". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
^ Chinen, Nate (16 December 2010). "Renewal, the Sensual and Fraught Candor". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
^ Chinen, Nate (4 September 2013). "In an Unknown Territory With a Sense of Mission". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
^ "Jan. 6 — 12". The New York Times. 4 January 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
^ Satow, Julie (24 March 2014). "Storm Damaged Their Art, and Now It May Take Their Studio Space". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
^ Russonello, Giovanni (20 January 2020). "What Winter Jazzfest Says About Where the Music Is Going in 2020". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
^ "2020 NYC Winter Jazzfest Lineup". Winter Jazzfest. Retrieved 7 February 2023.

External links

Official site

[1999_NYT-1] Ratliff, Ben (15 October 1999). "CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK; Propelled by Different Drummers". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 February 2023.

[2] Chinen, Nate (16 December 2010). "Renewal, the Sensual and Fraught Candor". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 February 2023.

[3] Chinen, Nate (4 September 2013). "In an Unknown Territory With a Sense of Mission". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 February 2023.

[4] "Jan. 6 — 12". The New York Times. 4 January 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2023.

[5] Satow, Julie (24 March 2014). "Storm Damaged Their Art, and Now It May Take Their Studio Space". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 February 2023.

[6] Russonello, Giovanni (20 January 2020). "What Winter Jazzfest Says About Where the Music Is Going in 2020". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 February 2023.

[7] "2020 NYC Winter Jazzfest Lineup". Winter Jazzfest. Retrieved 7 February 2023.

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