Grant Calvin Weston

Grant Calvin Weston
Born(1959-06-06)June 6, 1959
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
GenresJazz, funk, rock
OccupationMusician
InstrumentDrums

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
With James Blood Ulmer
With others

References

  1. ^ a b c "Calvin Weston: Biography". All About Jazz. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  2. ^ Amorosi, A.D. (November 1, 2021). "G. Calvin Weston Keeps Moving Forward". JazzTimes. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  3. ^ a b Amorosi, A.D. (November 1, 2021). "G. Calvin Weston Keeps Moving Forward Page 2". JazzTimes. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  4. ^ Kroll, Yoni (July 16, 2021). "Grant Calvin Weston on drums, improvisation, innovation, and his new band Wail". WXPN. Retrieved September 9, 2023.

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