Once your eyes interlock with Kendrick Scott on the cover of his debut album, The Source, for his World Culture Music imprint, you immediately know that this Berklee-trained drummer means business. The music unveils Scott's unique balance of freedom and control as he proves his position as part of an elite group of young New York-based improvisers and composers. Scott penned all but one composition on this debut album, which features his band, Kendrick Scott Oracle. "One of my goals is to create a body of original music as players who influenced me have done," says Scott.