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The trio’s drummer, Nick Lucero, 39, half Peruvian Quechua and half Spanish, grew up on a ranch in Colorado. Its bassist, Michael McCluhan, a tall, bearded, 55-year-old Anglo, was a former competitive swimmer who wandered in and never left. A musician’s life is a tumbleweed journey in this land.
Thus, Anderson has staked his claim on an almost-untouched corner of music: Native American jazz. Along with bassist Mike McCluhan and drummer Nick Lucero, joined by a succession of hip-hop MCs, he skillfully braids Indigenous melodies and syncopated grooves in a way that can appeal to purists in either camp.
Mar 9, 2023 · The trio’s drummer, Nick Lucero, 39, half Peruvian Quechua and half Spanish, grew up on a ranch in Colorado. Its bassist, Michael McCluhan, a tall, 55year-old Anglo, was a former competitive swimmer who wandered in and never left. A musician’s life is a tumbleweed journey in this land.
Apr 20, 2021 · “Oh, I loved the idea,” Hesse says. “I’ve been really behind Delbert for a long time. The thing that was really cool was his trio’s disparate makeup.” (The group features bassist Mike McCluhan, who is white, and drummer Nick Lucero, who is Latino.) “That’s what we’re all about in our organization.”
Nov 12, 2021 · This atmosphere weighed heavily on Anderson's career in 2013, when DDAT began to market themselves as "Native American jazz." (James Pakootas, their MC, is Indigenous; bassist Michael McCluhan is white; drummer Nicholas Lucero is Hispanic.)
Mar 1, 2023 · Farmington New Mexico’s Delbert Anderson and The Delbert Anderson Trio, including Nick Lucero and Michael McCluhan, were featured in an article in the New York Times on February 24, 2023. We recommend clicking the “listen to this article” option at the top to hear the trio’s music and words along with the story.
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