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 Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman (March 9, 1930 – June 11, 2015) was an American jazz saxophonist, trumpeter, violinist, and composer. He is best known as a principal founder of the free jazz genre, a term derived from his 1960 album '' Free Ja ...

's band

Prime Time Prime time, or peak time, is the block of broadcast programming taking place during the middle of the evening for television shows. It is mostly targeted towards adults (and sometimes families). It is used by the major television networks to ...

Career

Weston was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and began playing music as a youth. At age 17, he joined Ornette Coleman's band Prime Time, and recorded three albums with them. He then went on to perform and record with guitarist

James Blood Ulmer James "Blood" Ulmer (born February 8, 1940) is an American jazz, free funk and blues music, blues guitarist and singer. Ulmer plays a Gibson Byrdland guitar. His guitar sound has been described as "jagged" and "stinging". His singing has been ...

as well as with

John Lurie John Lurie (born December 14, 1952) is an American musician, painter, actor, director, and producer. He co-founded the Lounge Lizards jazz ensemble; has acted in 19 films, including ''Stranger than Paradise'' and '' Down by Law''; has composed ...

and

The Lounge Lizards The Lounge Lizards were an eclectic No Wave musical group founded by saxophonist John Lurie and his brother, pianist Evan Lurie, in 1978. Initially known for their ironic, tongue-in-cheek take on jazz, The Lounge Lizards eventually became a show ...

. 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 Vernon Alphonsus Reid (born 22 August 1958) is an American guitarist and songwriter best known as the founder of the rock band Living Colour. Reid was named No. 66 on ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's 2003 list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Ti ...

and bassist

Jamaaladeen Tacuma Jamaaladeen Tacuma (born Rudy McDaniel; June 11, 1956) is an American jazz funk avant-garde bassist, composer and producer born in Hempstead, New York. He was a bandleader on the Gramavision label and worked with Ornette Coleman during the 197 ...

, and Wail, a band with members of

Stinking Lizaveta Stinking Lizaveta is a power trio from Philadelphia. MusicMight categorizes them as " doom jazz". History Their 1996 debut album ''Hopelessness and Shame'' was recorded by Steve Albini. Albini was so impressed by them that he brought them to the ...

Discography

As leader or co-leader

* ''Dance Romance'' (In+Out, 1988) with

and

* ''Percussion Duets'' (Amulet, 1995) with

Billy Martin Alfred Manuel "Billy" Martin Jr. (May 16, 1928 – December 25, 1989) was an American Major League Baseball second baseman and manager who, in addition to leading other teams, was five times the manager of the New York Yankees. First known ...

* '' 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 DJ Logic (born Lee Jason Kibler, 1972) is an American DJ primarily known for his work in nu-jazz, acid-jazz, and with jam bands. Life and career Born and raised in The Bronx, New York, Kibler displayed an early interest in hip hop, funk, an ...

* ''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 is a Japanese jazz saxophonist. He has performed with Tom Cora, Samm Bennett, Ruins, Michiyo Yagi and Susumu Hirasawa is a Japanese musician and composer. He is well known for his work for the films of director Satoshi Kon and the animated ...

* ''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 Kato Hideki (born 1962 in Nagoya, Japan; 加藤英樹) is a Japanese musician and composer. He was a seminal member of the Tokyo Noise music scene of the late 80s and early 90s, collaborating with Japanese experimental musicians such as Otomo Yo ...

and

Eyvind Kang Eyvindur Y. Kang (born 23 June 1971) is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist. His primary instrument is viola, but has also performed on violin, tuba, keyboard instruments, keyboards and others. In addition to his solo work, Kang has w ...

* ''Dying Ground'' (Avant, 1998) ;With Free Form Funky Frēqs (trio with

and Jamaaladeen Tacuma) * '' Urban Mythology Volume One'' (Thirsty Ear, 2007) * ''Bon Vivant'' (Jam All Productions, 2013) * '' Hymn of the 3rd Galaxy'' (Ropeadope, 2022) ;With Warm Trio (trio with Boguslaw Raatz and Grzegorz Korybalski * ''Warm Trio'' (RG, 2015) * ''Mouse Paradise'' (RG, 2020)

As sideman

;With

* ''

Of Human Feelings ''Of Human Feelings'' is an album by American jazz saxophonist, composer, and bandleader Ornette Coleman. It was recorded on April 25, 1979, at CBS Studio Building, CBS Studios in New York City with his band Prime Time (band), Prime Time, which ...

'' (Antilles, 1982) * '' In All Languages'' (Caravan of Dreams, 1987) * ''

Virgin Beauty ''Virgin Beauty'' is an album by Ornette Coleman and his Prime Time ensemble. It was released by Portrait Records in 1988. Three of the album's tracks feature guitarist Jerry Garcia, whose involvement in the recording dates back to September 1987 ...

'' (Portrait, 1988) ;With

* ''Live in Berlin 1991 Vol. 1'' (veraBra, 1991) * ''

Queen of All Ears ''Queen of All Ears'' is the fourth and final studio album by the American band the Lounge Lizards, released in 1998. "The First and Royal Queen" was used at the end of episodes of '' Painting with John''. The band supported the album with an int ...

'' (Strange and Beautiful, 1998) ;With

* ''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 The phalanx (: phalanxes or phalanges) was a rectangular mass military formation, usually composed entirely of heavy infantry armed with spears, pikes, sarissas, or similar polearms tightly packed together. The term is particularly used t ...

* '' Got Something Good for You'' (Moers Music, 1986) * ''Phalanx Live'' (American Revelation, 2013) ;With

Marc Ribot Marc Ribot (; born May 21, 1954) is an American guitarist and composer. His work has touched on many styles, including no wave, free jazz, Rock music, rock, and Cuban music. Ribot is also known for collaborating with other musicians, most notab ...

* '' Asmodeus: Book of Angels Volume 7'' (Tzadik, 2007) * '' The Young Philadelphians: Live in Tokyo'' (Harmolodic, 2015) ;With

* '' Are You Glad to Be in America?'' (Rough Trade, 1980) * ''

Free Lancing ''Free Lancing'' is an album by American guitarist James Blood Ulmer, recorded in 1981 and released on the Columbia label.

'' (Columbia, 1981) * '' Black Rock'' (Columbia, 1982) * '' Blues Allnight'' (In+Out, 1989) * '' Black and Blues'' (DIW, 1991) * '' Forbidden Blues'' (DIW, 1998) * ''Black Rock Reunion'' (American Revelation, 2009) * ''Freelancing Live'' (American Revelation, 2013) ;With others * Various artists, '' Lounge-A-Palooza'', (Hollywood, 1997) * Tricky, ''

Angels With Dirty Faces ''Angels with Dirty Faces'' is a 1938 American crime drama film directed by Michael Curtiz for Warner Brothers. It stars James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, The Dead End Kids, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, and George Bancroft. The screenplay was wr ...

'' (Island, 1998) *

Eszter Balint Eszter Balint (born 7 July 1966) is a Hungarian-American singer, songwriter, violinist, and actress. She made her film debut in Jim Jarmusch's ''Stranger Than Paradise'' (1984). She went on to received a Independent Spirit Award for Best Female L ...

, ''Flicker'' (Scratchie, 1999) * James Carter, ''

Layin' in the Cut ''Layin' in the Cut'' is the third studio album by Lighter Shade of Brown. It was released on July 26, 1994, for Mercury Records and was produced by Jammin' James Carter, DJ Romeo, and Stoker. ''Layin' in the Cut'' was the duo's most commercial ...

'' (Atlantic, 2000) * Michael Blake, ''Hellbent'' (Bandcamp, 2010) * Axiomatic, ''The Birds of My Senses : Live at the Stone'' (Musso, 2013) *

John Zorn John Zorn (born September 2, 1953) is an American composer, conducting, conductor, saxophonist, arrangement, arranger and record producer, producer who "deliberately resists category". His Avant-garde music, avant-garde and experimental music, ex ...

, ''Bagatelles (Vol. 5-8)'' (Tzadik, 2021) * Amanda Chaudhary, ''Meow Meow Band'' (Catsynth, 2021), ''Merp Friend'' (CatSynth, 2022)

References

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