"The innovative Asheville, North Carolina based steel
drummer Jonathan Scales brings new vitality to the
traditional Caribbean instrument on his sophomore
release, picking up where Othello Molineaux left off 20
years ago with Jaco Pastorius."
- JazzTimes
"...Jonathan Scales makes the pans fit in
unconventional musical spaces."
4 out of 5 stars!
- Modern Drummer
"Plot/Scheme is an innovative and energetic
journey into what the steel pan can do
in a modern jazz context."
- Bold Life
"...rising star of the steel drums."
- Traps (the art of drumming) magazine
"Plot/Scheme reveals a steel drummer who understands
the musical world with scholarly precision."
- Mountain Xpress
drummer Jonathan Scales brings new vitality to the
traditional Caribbean instrument on his sophomore
release, picking up where Othello Molineaux left off 20
years ago with Jaco Pastorius."
- JazzTimes
"...Jonathan Scales makes the pans fit in
unconventional musical spaces."
4 out of 5 stars!
- Modern Drummer
"Plot/Scheme is an innovative and energetic
journey into what the steel pan can do
in a modern jazz context."
- Bold Life
"...rising star of the steel drums."
- Traps (the art of drumming) magazine
"Plot/Scheme reveals a steel drummer who understands
the musical world with scholarly precision."
- Mountain Xpress
