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SUMMARY:Nate Smith
DESCRIPTION:Fri. Mar. 19: NATE SMITH -7:30pm- Tix: $45.00 ($60.80 through
  Ticketmaster\, $52.00 at the Birchmere Box Office) Nate Smith is a 2x G
 RAMMY AWARD-WINNING polymath musician — bandleader\, composer\, producer
 \, and virtuosic drummer — whose groundbreaking work as a recording arti
 st and performer in multiple genres has made him a unique figure in popu
 lar culture and one of the most in-demand players of our generation. Bor
 n in Norfolk\, Virginia and a devoted student of music since his teenage
  years\, Smith was invited by Betty Carter to join her legendary Jazz Ah
 ead program\, performing on drums at New York’s Blue Note with Carter at
  the age of 20. Smith began his career as a professional songwriter and 
 producer in 2001 with Michael Jackson’s “Heaven Can Wait.” In 2003\, Smi
 th joined Dave Holland’s jazz band and toured the world. And in 2008\, S
 mith began his recording career\, first as a solo artist and later with 
 his band\,KINFOLK. Smith received two GRAMMY nominations in 2017 for KIN
 FOLK: Postcards from Everywhere\, for his composition “Home Free (for Pe
 ter Joe)” — Best Arrangement\, Instrumental or A Cappella and Best Instr
 umental Composition. As part of the Dave Holland Octet\, Smith received 
 another nomination in 2011 for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album. Over the 
 years\, Nate Smith has collaborated and toured with renowned artists lik
 e Brittany Howard\, Pat Metheny\, Ravi Coltrane\, Van Hunt\, Childish Ga
 mbino\, Norah Jones\, Jon Batiste\, Vulfpeck\, Lauren Daigle\, The Fearl
 ess Flyers\, Chris Potter\, Kiefer\, CARRTOONS\, Charlie Hunter\, and Ku
 rt Elling. He’s graced the cover of Modern Drummer magazine\, and provid
 ed the backbeat for Late Night with Seth Meyers’ house band. In recent y
 ears\, through a series of viral videos\, Nate Smith has emerged as a ne
 w kind of influencer: a popular teacher who makes complex rhythmic princ
 iples simple. That role expanded with Smith’s Pocket Change project in 2
 018 — a combination breakbeat album and transcription book\; and a follo
 w up\, Pocket Change 2: Mad Currency\, in 2023. Nate Smith conceived his
  latest album\, LIVE ACTION\, as a producer-led project in the manner of
  Quincy Jones. Smith explains: “It was a way to activate all of these re
 lationships that I’ve been building over the last five or six years sinc
 e the pandemic\, many of them through social media.” The album features 
 performances from horn players Josh Johnson and Marquis Hill\; the rappe
 r JSWISS\; guitarists Charlie Hunter and Lionel Loueke\; bassists Michae
 l League\, Ben Williams\, and CARRTOONS\; keyboardists DJ Harrison and K
 eifer\; the group säje and vocalist Jermaine Holmes\; and Lalah Hathaway
 \, who sings an unsurprisingly daring cover of “Automatic\,” the 1984 hi
 t for The Pointer Sisters\, reharmonizing and recontextualizing the trac
 k alongside Smith. Even though the album is collaborative\, Nate Smith k
 eeps the sound cohesive through discipline: “I wanted to make a record t
 hat sounded like it was recorded on a cassette in my bedroom\,” he says.
  “I limited my options. I used analog gear. I used the same instruments 
 throughout the album. I did two or three takes of each element\, no copy
  and pastes or anything like that. All of the instruments on the album a
 re played live\, nothing is programmed or sequenced.” It is from this et
 hos that LIVE ACTION derives its name\, and it is that spirit that makes
  Nate Smith himself a sought-after collaborator and one of music’s most 
 creative minds. Artist Website: http://www.natesmithdrums.com\n\nTickets
 : https://www.ticketmaster.com/birchmere-tickets-alexandria/venue/172043
 \n\nhttps://findlocal.community/event/aeaa3eb5-d300-4195-888a-0d6a1de9ee
 09
LOCATION:The Birchmere\, Alexandria\, VA
URL:https://findlocal.community/event/aeaa3eb5-d300-4195-888a-0d6a1de9ee0
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