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.
Technical, dissonant, beautiful. Drummer is beyond outstanding. Thank you for all of the hours that went into you all becoming such magical musical artists.
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
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.
A banjo and the carribean drums in the same ensemble 🤯🤯🌈🤩💪🏽👏🏽❤️🙌🏽🙏🏽☀️🎉😍…thank you guys for your creativity and commitment to musicianship and development of your craft❤!!! Of course, THANK YOU to ALL Tiny Desk staff for exposing us to the beautiful, artful, creative,inspirational music!! 🎶 🎼 🎵. SO THANKFUL FOR THIS PLATFORM!!! 🌈❤️🤩🙏🏽💪🏽🎉
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.
"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.
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.
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!
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
These players are all world class!!!… What separates Guidry from the rest (besides his flawless explosive technique) is his total control of dynamic playing and touch!!! He can play from a whisper to explosive volcano power at will!!!!
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! 🧡
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.
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...
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!!
@@Jonathan-Scales Awesome, the more you know. I have a stanky bass solo from that set saved on my phone somewhere I still go back to it every so often!
![Jonathan Scales Fourchestra - The Trap [Official Video]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/FsMFAU6u0LU/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
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.
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
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
This drummer is my spirit animal. Not only can he play, but he’s into it. My man
Maison Guidry
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
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.
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...
If ya dont know, now ya knowwww. Get hip, this is one of the greatest bands of our time.
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..
Technical, dissonant, beautiful. Drummer is beyond outstanding. Thank you for all of the hours that went into you all becoming such magical musical artists.
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
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 :)
So unusual it stunned me for a few minutes however, it totally grew on me. Brilliant musicianship.
A banjo and the carribean drums in the same ensemble 🤯🤯🌈🤩💪🏽👏🏽❤️🙌🏽🙏🏽☀️🎉😍…thank you guys for your creativity and commitment to musicianship and development of your craft❤!!!
Of course, THANK YOU to ALL Tiny Desk staff for exposing us to the beautiful, artful, creative,inspirational music!! 🎶 🎼 🎵.
SO THANKFUL FOR THIS PLATFORM!!! 🌈❤️🤩🙏🏽💪🏽🎉
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.
"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.
Wow. All of them are astounding to watch: blurred hands, moving so fast! Thank you!
*_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)
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.
So proud of these guys. True hustlers and AMAZING MUSICIANS
This is insane! The speed and accuracy of all these guys is nuts!
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!
Watching this AGAIN & the bass & drums just… 🥲😭
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*
🔥🔥🔥
Just... Wow! Blazing set! Thanks to NPR, Bela Fleck, Jonathan Scales and the Fourchestra, this made my day!
FINALLY SCALES GETS ON NPR THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR!!!
Wth is this beautiful mixology of instrument types debauchery wow. Caribbean jazz folk?!?!?!? Amazing!!!!!!! Love it!!!
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
These original pan compositions are awesome. Great set of musicians, especially the bassist.
I think my brain levelled up a notch listening to this. THANKS guys. Incredible!
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.
Dope sound. I enjoyed this .. especially the bass player.
Jonathan Scales fourchestra is refreshing, authentic and soothing. 👍
I would have never heard this if it weren’t for the tiny concerts. Thank you. It’s absolutely awesome
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.
This is dope. Keeps me motivated to continue posting pure music
Steel pan, national instrument of 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago . Thanks Tiny Desk. You should hear awhole band play, it’s amazing.
Why does this room sound so fricking awesome???
I love that NPR is always in time for my morning commute
We do what we can :)
banjo and steelpans on 3 'n 4 poly beats is so epic! I love it!
Just Brilliant. Each one of these guys is a beast. But together as a group...even more so. Hats off gents.
These guys make my days.......
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
Such adventurous music! Sounds like they're discovering new places
Bela Fleck! I honestly didn't know until I started watching. Amazing.
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.
Incredible musicians. I love them. Much love from Mercer County, Jonathan scales
Just made a great day even better finding this music
That drummer is so slick.
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
Wonderful mic techniques along with amazing musicianship! Well done NPR Tiny Desk!
This band! Drummer is fabulous
Maison Guidry
Love the sound.....very interesting. Banjo, steel drums, and a cosmic rhythm section!!
Theses guys are so original! Love what I'm hearing!!!
This is literally jaw-dropping: I couldn’t close my mouth until they stopped playing!
Amazing to hear the live dynamic between this truly excellent group of musicians...Tiny Desk Engineer's you are stars!
These players are all world class!!!… What separates Guidry from the rest (besides his flawless explosive technique) is his total control of dynamic playing and touch!!! He can play from a whisper to explosive volcano power at will!!!!
Came to these guys from MonoNeon, haven't heard em in awhile tho. This is smokin
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! 🧡
Saw them in Talent, Oregon. Absoulety insane!
dude this was *so good* and that drummer was smooth af
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
So wonderful!!! Thank you so much for this talent!! Peace and blessings to all!!
NPR you're full of surprises. I never though you were going to bring these gentlemen here 😲
Banjo and steel drums lol I never knew my brain would love this
WOW!! They're all so unbelievably talented, but as a drummer Mason is unreal man. Thanks to npr for putting these guys on
Excellent. As a fellow drummer, I really dig the drummer's style
Maison Guidry
Yes yes yes and yes to this group
Brilliant syncopation. 😎👌🏻
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
Bah gawd, they're amazing. The drummer was outta control, yeesh.
The combination of instruments is amazing
One of the best tiny desks I've seen in awhile. Was worried that drummer was going to blast off into space
Proud of you lads!
God this is so freaking amazing!!!!!
🤯 Wow I have never heard a Banjo sound so cool with some steel drums!
I was just watching Baby Rose's set when it ended and this came on. Lucky me!!! This is incredible!!!
So good!!!!
Amazing musicians... simply awesome
You guys are on a *whole* different level! Amazing work and phenomenal musicianship all around!
Beautiful! E'Lon JD and Maison Guidry - mega-super-hyper-groovey)
Amazing blend of instruments!
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 🤘
The bass at 2:26 oh my days!
Ridiculous ain't he ??? I hate him so much !!!!
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! :)
All 3 are Masters ... This is one of their best performances. Thanks for the upload!
Totally LOVE this group. Saw them in St. Petersburg when they performed at John Hopkins Middle school YEARS ago and look at them now!
Nothing prepared me for this....😱
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!!
wauw, this is magic! to listen again and again, it's hypnotic
I’m in total awe🤩
A stunning combination of instruments, never would have thought this could happen! Great sound, love you guys at NPR!!!!!
Wow. 😳. NICE!
The chemistry between the bassist and drummer is so 🔥
I'm a lucky bandleader, fore sure!
@@Jonathan-Scales 😊💯❤️
Saw them at Hulaween in 2017 and it was easily one of my favorite sets!
That was E'Lon's very first show with me!
@@Jonathan-Scales Awesome, the more you know. I have a stanky bass solo from that set saved on my phone somewhere I still go back to it every so often!