Grant Calvin Weston


Grant Calvin Weston is a drummer best known for his association with Ornette Coleman's band Prime Time.

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 as well as with John Lurie and The Lounge Lizards. 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.

Discography

As leader or co-leader

;With Dying Ground
;With Free Form Funky Frēqs
;With Warm Trio
  • ''Mouse Paradise''

    As sideman

;With Ornette Coleman
;With The Lounge Lizards
;With John Lurie
  • Men with Sticks
  • Big Trouble / She's Not A Nurse
  • Excess Baggage
  • Fishing With John
  • The Legendary Marvin Pontiac: Greatest Hits
  • African Swim and Manny & Lo
  • The Invention of Animals
;With Phalanx
;With Marc Ribot
;With James Blood Ulmer
;With others