Jonathan Scales Fourchestra
January 30, 2024
7:30 p.m.
Ticket Prices
NEW PACK the PAC pricing - All tickets $15
This event is part of the Performing Arts Center's Educational Outreach program.
Our educational programs give local students the opportunity to perform side by side with internationally recognized musicians for once-in-a-lifetime experiences on our stage. We’d love nothing more than to enhance that experience with 1,000 audience members adding energy and excitement to their performance.
Support Local Students while seeing a Great Show without breaking the bank!
Performing Arts Center at Kent State Tuscarawas
330 University Drive NE
New Philadelphia, Ohio 44663
Package Pricing
SAVE $5 per ticket when purchasing a package of 4-7 shows
SAVE $10 per ticket when purchasing a package of 8 or more shows
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• Latest album PILLAR reached #5 on the iTunes Jazz Chart
• Selected by the U.S. Department of State as a cultural ambassador, with tours in Asia and Africa
• Artist Business of the Year award from the Minority Enterprise Development Committee in North Carolina
• Selected as a TEDx speaker
• 3x special guest performer at Victor Wooten's prestigious music camps
You’ve heard this before, but the whimsically named Jonathan Scales Fourchestra is really tough to describe. Veering from in-your-face, jaw-dropping chops and passion, to those quiet moments when the background noise disappears and you hold your breath to take in a soundscape of solitude, the power trio of electric bass (E'Lon JD), drums (Maison Guidry), and steel pans (Jonathan Scales) combine elements of jazz, classical, and progressive rock, peppered with Latin rhythms and soulful outbursts of funk. From club and festival stages across North America and Europe, and tours of Africa, Southeast, and Central Asia as a Cultural Ambassador for the US Department of State, to their NPR Tiny Desk Concert featuring Béla Fleck, the Fourchestra’s live shows make even the most jaded listeners forget where they are… even if just for a precious moment. This may seem an odd thing to say, but on the verge of releasing their eighth studio recording, Jonathan Scales Fourchestra is only now truly embracing their identity as a group. For many years, Jonathan’s live band was a fluid lineup of top-notch musicians and even included an “all-star” version with bassist MonoNeon (Prince, Nas), drummer Sput Searight (Snarky Puppy, Snoop Dogg) and percussionist Weedie Braimah (Trombone Shorty, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah), as well as a number of other marquee players. Now, however, the Fourchestra is a decidedly indivisible band, and Jonathan is writing for the trio, not just the pans.
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