Grant Calvin Weston Explained
Grant Calvin Weston (also known as G. Calvin Weston and Calvin Weston) (born June 6, 1959) is a drummer best known for his association with Ornette Coleman's band Prime Time.[1]
Career
Weston was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and began playing music as a youth.[1] At age 17, he joined Ornette Coleman's band Prime Time, and recorded three albums with them.[2] He then went on to perform and record with guitarist James Blood Ulmer as well as with John Lurie and The Lounge Lizards.[3] He has also released two dozen albums as leader or co-leader, and is currently a member of the Free Form Funky Freqs, a trio with guitarist Vernon Reid and bassist Jamaaladeen Tacuma, and Wail, a band with members of Stinking Lizaveta.[1] [3] [4]
Discography
As leader or co-leader
- Dance Romance (In+Out, 1988) with James Blood Ulmer and Jamaaladeen Tacuma
- Percussion Duets (Amulet, 1995) with Billy Martin
- Mirakle (Tzadik, 2000) with Derek Bailey and Jamaaladeen Tacuma
- When We Were Young (It's A Pleasure, 2001)
- For No One in Particular (Amulet, 2003) with Billy Martin and DJ Logic
- Live At Houston Hall November 17, 2002 (Amulet, 2005) with Billy Martin
- Nassira (Amulet, 2008)
- My Gypsy Lover (Nassira, 2008)
- Of Alien Feelings (Imaginary Chicago, 2012)
- Play Out Loud (self-released, 2012)
- Blues and Daily News (Prescott, 2014) with Ross Hammond
- Magic Hands (self-released, 2014) with Henryk Gembalski and Krzysztof Majchrzak
- Metamorphosis (self-released, 2015) with Waldemar Knade
- Flying Kites (Bandcamp, 2015) with Lucas Brode
- No Zone (Naismith & Weston, 2016)
- Terra Lingua Sketches (Bandcamp, 2016) with Mika Pontecorvo, Cartoon Justice
- Spiritual Branches, Sleepless Burial (Bandcamp, 2016)
- Improv Messenger (577, 2016)
- Face Off (Zott, 2016) with Kazutoki Umezu
- Dust and Ash (577, 2019) with the Phoenix Orchestra
- Root (Bandcamp, 2020) with Ross Hammond
- Hydrogen 77 (Self-released, 2021) with Richard Hill and Colton Weatherston
- Bless (Prescott, 2021) with Ross Hammond
- Stone Church (Bandcamp, 2022) with Jim Kost
- Imagination/Meditation (Cacophonous Revival, 2023) with Lucas Brode
- With Dying Ground (trio with Kato Hideki and Eyvind Kang
- Dying Ground (Avant, 1998)
- With Free Form Funky Frēqs (trio with Vernon Reid and Jamaaladeen Tacuma)
- With Warm Trio (trio with Boguslaw Raatz and Grzegorz Korybalski
- Warm Trio (RG, 2015)
- Mouse Paradise (RG, 2020)
As sideman
- With Ornette Coleman
- With The Lounge Lizards
- Live in Berlin 1991 Vol. 1 (veraBra, 1991)
- Queen of All Ears (Strange and Beautiful, 1998)
- With John Lurie
- Men with Sticks (Crammed Discs/Made to Measure, 1993)
- Big Trouble / She's Not A Nurse (For Us, 1997)
- Excess Baggage (soundtrack) (Prophecy, 1997)
- Fishing With John (soundtrack) (Strange and Beautiful, 1998)
- The Legendary Marvin Pontiac: Greatest Hits (Strange and Beautiful, 1999)
- African Swim and Manny & Lo (soundtrack) (Strange and Beautiful, 1999)
- The Invention of Animals (Amulet, 2014)
- With Phalanx
- With Marc Ribot
- (Tzadik, 2007)
- (Harmolodic, 2015)
- With James Blood Ulmer
- With others
- Various artists, Lounge-A-Palooza, (Hollywood, 1997)
- Tricky, Angels With Dirty Faces (Island, 1998)
- Eszter Balint, Flicker (Scratchie, 1999)
- James Carter, Layin' in the Cut (Atlantic, 2000)
- Michael Blake, Hellbent (Bandcamp, 2010)
- Axiomatic, The Birds of My Senses : Live at the Stone (Musso, 2013)
- John Zorn, Bagatelles (Vol. 5-8) (Tzadik, 2021)
- Amanda Chaudhary, Meow Meow Band (Catsynth, 2021), Merp Friend (CatSynth, 2022)
Notes and References
- Web site: Calvin Weston: Biography . All About Jazz . September 9, 2023.
- Web site: G. Calvin Weston Keeps Moving Forward . A.D. . Amorosi . November 1, 2021 . JazzTimes . September 9, 2023.
- Web site: G. Calvin Weston Keeps Moving Forward Page 2 . A.D. . Amorosi . November 1, 2021 . JazzTimes . September 9, 2023.
- Web site: Grant Calvin Weston on drums, improvisation, innovation, and his new band Wail . Yoni . Kroll . July 16, 2021 . WXPN . September 9, 2023.
