American jazz drummer Nasheet Waits joins Andrew on this episode of Constant Constance. Friends and colleagues for many years, from touring with guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel to Andrew’s trio, the two have worked tirelessly together in many different contexts. Performing several times on tour together in Europe to playing in Philadelphia, DC and residencies at the Village Vanguard in NYC. Today, they discuss their endeavors as touring musicians, the ups and downs of that life, how it is to be basically live-performance free for a year due to COVID and what this means for the future of live music. In a review of his 2016 album "Between Nothingness and Infinity," one listener describes, “I put Naheet Waits in the Cosmic Pantheon of All Time Jazz Drumming Brilliance. Up there with Jack DeJohnette, Famoudou Don Moye, Andrew Cyrille, Tony Williams, Tony Oxley, Billy Higgins, Paul Motian, Billy Hart, Jon Christensen, Antonio Sanchez, Adam Rudolph, and dare I say, even the Legends' Legend .... ELVIN JONES, there is Nasheet Waits.” Andrew wholeheartedly agrees.
