G. Calvin Weston & TR7 duo:
G. Calvin Weston has blazed a harmolodic, funkadelic trail through modern jazz. Listen to the man who funked-up Ornette Coleman's Prime Time Band in the 1980s and worked with legends such as James Blood Ulmer, Tricky, John Lurie and The Lounge Lizards, James Carter, and Marc Ribot.
At 17, Calvin joined Ornette Coleman's Prime Time band, with bass player Jamalaadean Tacuma, his close friend from Philly, which toured extensively in North America and Europe. After recording four albums with Prime Time, Calvin went on to play and record with guitarist James "Blood" Ulmer, until he joined John Lurie"s Lounge Lizards in 1990.
TR7 is Taji Ra’oof Nahl an interdisciplinary artist who’s a vessel for audio /visual stage productions. TR7 has projects and/or performed with ; Terry Adkins, Jason Carr, Pete Dennis, Embarker, Mighty Farooq, Shakoor Hakeem, Hezekiah, Hprizm, Eliot Levin , June Lopez, Billy Martin, Julius Masri, Tara Middleton, Vernon Reed, Harold E. Smith, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Nate Totushek, Yoichi Uzeki, G. Calvin Weston, among others.
TR7 Spearheads a sonic collective, The Other Sounds of Philadelphia, which consists of musicians, sound designers & poets whose sonic palette flows from avant-garde & improvisational frequencies.
Memphis-bred, Grammy-nominated, Echo Award-winning bassist/composer Stephan Crump is an active bandleader with twelve critically-acclaimed album releases in addition to numerous film scoring contributions. Known for transforming his instrument into a speaking entity of magnetic pull, his focus on creative instrumental music has led to collaborations with many of the leading lights of his generation, most notably Vijay Iyer, in whose trio and sextet Crump played a dynamic, founding role. He can also be heard as long-standing member of Jen Chapin Trio, Ches Smith Trio, Rez Abbasi Acoustic Quartet, Liberty Ellman Sextet, Secret Keeper (duo with Mary Halvorson), his own Rosetta Trio (with Jamie Fox, Liberty Ellman), his Rhombal quartet (with Ellery Eskelin, Adam O’Farrill, Tyshawn Sorey), as well as co-led ensembles with Kris Davis, Ingrid Laubrock, Cory Smythe, Eric McPherson, Mat Maneri, and Okkyung Lee.
“strikingly fresh and unobvious compositions…an impressive and original voice” The Wire
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