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🌃NYC-based Composer & steel pannist
🎧 NPR Tiny Desk /💡TEDx TALK / 🇺🇸a U.S. State Dept. Cultural Ambassador / “Joyously inventive” -JAZZTIMES magazine

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Forget everything you think you know about steelpan music. @JonathanScales Fourchestra comes to @SwallowHillMusic this Sunday, October 25, pushing the instrument far beyond its traditional setting.

Alongside electric bass and drums, Scales blends jazz, progressive rock, and funk into wildly inventive compositions.

The trio has even shared an NPR Tiny Desk performance with Béla Fleck. For musicians and curious listeners alike, this is one worth catching. 👉 SwallowHillMusic.org

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20/10/26

UTSA “En Vivo Concert Series” - An Evening with Jonathan Scales Fourchestra

Such talented musicians. I love percussion heavy music and I could see each player truly get lost in the moment and see their passion take over. Loved it. Lurker! Innovative all the way

#fyp #photography #utsa #utsamusic #jonathanscalesfourchestra

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Please come and join us at our performance with Jonathan Scales on November 3rd at 7:30!

https://grizhub.umt.edu/event/12491931

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🎃HALLOWEEN BASH 2026🎃
The Incredible @jonathanscales ft. @maisonic & @elonjd will be LIVE ON HALLOWEEN NIGHT 10.31.26 All Ages Show! Doors @ 7PM @ Whysound Records
30 Federal Ave. Logan,UT (back alley entrance)
🎃COSTUME REQUIRED🎃
DOWNTOWN LIVE MUSIC HALLOWEEN NIGHT!

About the bands:
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) combines 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.

More info & tickets @ whysound.com/events
Or hit the link in our bio!

SPREAD THE WORD🎃🤘

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Playing for the music students at University of Texas San Antonio
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🎥: @andrewstreeter
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#texas #composition #improvisation #musiceducation #musicschool

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@jonathanscales Fourchestra @ UTSA
Drumset: @maisonic

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The Adams State University Music Department is hosting a very special guest artist, the Jonathan Scales Fourchestra, on Monday October 26th for a free workshop and concert that evening. The concert pricing is $15 for general admission; $5 for AS&F and current ALMA members; and FREE for students.
The Jonathan Scales Fourchestra is a, “power trio of electric bass (E’Lon JD), drums (Maison Guidry), and steel pans (Jonathan Scales) [who] combine elements of jazz, classical, and progressive rock, peppered with Latin rhythms and soulful outbursts of funk.” You have to see them to get the full effect of their incredible musicality, groove, and virtuosity.

Tickets can be purchased using the link in our bio.

Reach out to Dr. Melinda Leoce at mleoce@adams.edu with questions about this event.

We will see you at the show!

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I think we nailed it…
#composer #trio #orchestral #musicnotes #percussion

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Mind blown by @jonathanscales @elonjd & @maisonic. Again.

(Apologies for the audio quality.)

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Please allow me to re-explain myself 🙏🏾
#question #ontheroad #composer #liveart #musiceducation

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The Johnathan Scales Fourchestra came to town!!! It was an amazing opportunity to learn the behind the scenes of this band and see some great pan work in action 🎶❤️

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🎃HALLOWEEN BASH 2026🎃
We are hosting the coolest Halloween Bash we’ve ever hosted this year with the incredible and legendary @jonathanscales w/ @souldye_band

This will be a once in a lifetime experience, a very special and spooky night downtown in Logan,UT, filled with Dancing, Latin Funk, Jazz Fusion, Psych Rock, and more! This is the absolute best place to be on Halloween if you want to be in a costume with your homies downtown with live bands that couldn’t be a more perfect vibe for Halloween Night 🎃

10.31.26 7PM 30 Federal Ave. Logan,UT
👻Costume Required👻

Tickets are available at guavatreeband.com right now!
Get em for you and the homies while you can! ❤️

We have an unforgettable night planned for you all! It’s an honor to be on this lineup and is an absolute MUST SEE show UTAH & IDAHOMIES!!

Our special guest: @jonathanscales is a very highly rated world renowned jazz musician and his extremely excellent band w/ @elonjd & @maisonic makes easily the most insane trio we’ve ever come across!
🎃WORLD CLASS MUSICIANS🌎
Check out their Tiny Desk performance w/ Bela Fleck! Insane sound! If you like Guava Tree you’ll absolutely love Jonathan Scales Fourchestra!

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