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- Musician, producer, promoter, other
- What Instrument Do you Play?
- drums.bass.
- Where Are you located?
- philadelphia.pa.19121
- How did you find out about TGJN?
- word of poogie bell..one of the true musician in in the earth and real to the music,,,,kool...
- About Me:
- G.CALVIN WESTON WAS BORN JUNE 6 1959 IN PHILADELPHIA,HE BECAME INTERSTED IN MUSIC AT THE AGE OF 6 WHEN HE (AND HE'S NEIGHBOR'S)DISCOVERED HIS TALENT FOR RHYTHM AS HE BEAT ON EVERY CAR ON THE BLOCK.HE LIVED IN NORTH PHILLY WHERE HE SAW MUSICIANS LIKE,STEVIE WONDER,THE JACKSON FIVE AND JAMES BROWN AT THE UPTOWN THEATRE. SEEING HIS ATTENTION FOCUSED ON THE DRUMMERS,HIS FRTHER BOUGHT HIM A SMALL DRUM SET.IN HIGH SHCOOL CALVIN LEARNED TO PLAY AND READ MUSIC AND PLAY SECOND SNARE IN THE DRUM ENSEMBLE.HE CO-FOUNDED THE GROUP CALLED (BAD INFLUENCE)WHICH PLAYED IN CABARETS AND CLUB AROUND PHILADELPHIA.AT THE AGE OF 17 HE JOINED ORNETTE COLEMAN'S PRIME TIME BAND,WHICH TOURED EXTENSIVELY IN NORTH AMERICA AND EUROPE.AFTER RECORDING FOUR ALBUMS WITH PRIME TIME HE WENT ON TO PLAY AND RECORD WITH GUITARIST(JAMES BLOOD ULMER,UNTIL HE JOINED JOHN LURIE'S LOUNGE LIZARDS IN THE 90'S. DURING THE 90'S CALVIN RECORDED AND TOURED WITH BILLY MARTIN OF MEDESKI&WOOD,,TRICKY,EYVIND KANG,DEREK BAILY,MARC RIBOT AND JAMES CARTER ,DOUG WIMBISH.,JEAN PAUL BOURELLY,JONAS HELLBORG,AYDIN ESENMELVIN GIBBS,HE ALSO PLAYED ON SEVEREL MOVIE SOUNDTRACKS,INCLUDING"GET SHORTY"FOR HIS LATEST PROJECT G.CALVIN WESTON ASSEMBLED A POWER TRIO WITH GUITARIST VERNON REID OF THE GROUP LIVING COLOR AND HIS LONG TIME FRIEND JAMAALADEAN TACUMA ON BASS,FREE,FORM,FUNKY,FREQS , NEW CD IS OUT CALLED(URBAN MYTHOLOGY:VOLUME 1)THIRSTY EAR RECORDS 2008 .CALVIN EXPLORES THE MANY MUSICAL INFLUENCES OF HIS CAREER AS A BAND LEADER AND COMPOSER AND THE ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT INFLUENCE THE MOST IS(BILLY COBHAM AND THE MAHAVISHUN ORCHESTRA.)MUSIC IS HIS SOUL AND HEART.HAS PLAYED WITH MANY MUSICIANS,LIKE ORNETTE COLEMAN,JAMES(BLOOD)ULMER,JOHN LURIE,JOHN ZORN,MARC RIBOT,JAMES CARTER,AND MANY,MANY,OTHERS.G.CALVIN WESTON PLAYS PEARL MASTER STUDIO DRUMS&ZK'S CYMBAL'S.
CHECK OUT MYSPACE.COM/CALVINWESTON.Calvin Weston Discography
Ornette Coleman - "Of Human Feelings" - Columbia Records 1979
James Blood Ulmer - "Are You Glad To Be In America?" -
Artist House 1980
James Blood Ulmer - "Black Rock" - CBS 1982
James Blood Ulmer - "Free Lancing" - CBS 1981
George Adams / James Blood Ulmer Quarter -
"Jazzbuhne Berlin '85" - Repertoire 1990
James Blook Ulmer / George Adams / Phalanx -
"Got Something Good For You" - Moers Music 1986
Grant Calvin Weston - "Dance Romance" - In+Out 1995
Ornette Coleman - "In All Languages" - Acoustilog Studios 1987
Ornette Coleman & Prime Time - "Virgin Beauty" - 1988
James Blood Ulmer - "Black & Blues" - 1990
The James Blood Ulmer Blues Experience - "Blues Allnight" - In+Out 1990
John Lurie National Orchestra - "Men With Sticks" - 1993
Tricky - "Angels With Dirty Faces" - Island 1998
The Lounge Lizards - "Queen of All Ears"
Eyvind Kang on Dying Ground Live at the Knitting Factory - 1997
Derek Baily / Jamaaladeen Tacuma / Calvin Weston -
"Mirakle" - Orange Music 1999
John Lurie - "African Swim and Manny Lo" - 1999
James Carter - "Layin' In The Cut" - Atlantic 2000
Marc Ribot,Trevor dunn,G.Calvin Weston,Asmodeus Book of ANGELS VOLUME 7,Music of JOHN ZORN-2006-TZADIK MUSIC, Vernon Reid,JamalaadeanTacuma-G .CALVIN WESTON.FREEFORMFUNKYFREQS-URBAN-MYTHOLOGY VOLUME 1-THIRSTY EAR RECORDS-2007
JEAN-PAUL BOURELLY-=MELVIN GIBBS-G .CALVIN WESTON-GYPSYS RELOADED-LIVE AT THE BIMHUIS-AMSTERDAM-2008.
Soundtracks
Get Shorty - 1995
Excess Baggage - 1997
Blue In The Face - 1995
Clay Pigeons - 1998
Box of Moonlight - 1997
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Mel Brown Quartet
March 25, 2009 at 8pm to March 27, 2013 at 11pm – Jimmy Mak's
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November 14, 2009 at 8:30pm to November 15, 2009 at 12:30am – Chelsea Wine Bar
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Orjazz presenta - "La tragica notte del dott. Hives"
November 14, 2009 from 9pm to 11pm – Crevacuore
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Jazz & Art Extravaganza!
November 15, 2009 from 3pm to 8pm – Emmy Lu Gallery
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Lee Summer's "Just Piano Series" presents...
November 19, 2009 from 7pm to 8pm – Triad Theatre
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Workout
December 3, 2009 from 9pm to 11pm – Casale Monferrato
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December 17, 2009 from 6pm to 9pm – Ivrea
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