Aethereal Bace....

Aethereal Bace perform on WBGO's The Checkout with Josh Jackson. 

by Josh Jackson
"You can never have enough rhythm," says Eric McPherson, one of two drummers in Aethereal Bace, inciting a hearty laugh from his bandmates.

Aethereal Bace is a trio comprised of a tenor saxophonist, Abraham Burton, flanked by a bulwark of drums — Nasheet Waits on the left channel, McPherson on the right — in a tightly configured collaboration. The three are childhood friends who have made music together for nearly thirty years. "Playing with these guys is organic and natural because these are the first people I played with," says Burton. "That's who was around, so we played together."

They grew up in Manhattan's West Village, an area steeped in the history of modern jazz. Their knowledge of the music is first-hand. Eric is the godchild of bassist Richard Davis. Nasheet is the son of Freddie Waits, a drummer who played in Max Roach's M'Boom, the group that set the bar for percussion ensembles. As children, Nasheet and Eric were drum technicians for the elder Waits, setting up his kit for gigs at the Village Vanguard and elsewhere around New York.
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