Grant Calvin Weston
American jazz drummer
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.
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
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)
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 Ornette Coleman
Of Human Feelings (Antilles, 1982)
In All Languages (Caravan of Dreams, 1987)
Virgin Beauty (Portrait, 1988)
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
Got Something Good for You (Moers Music, 1986)
Phalanx Live (American Revelation, 2013)
With Marc Ribot
Asmodeus: Book of Angels Volume 7 (Tzadik, 2007)
The Young Philadelphians: Live in Tokyo (Harmolodic, 2015)
With James Blood Ulmer
Are You Glad to Be in America? (Rough Trade, 1980)
Free Lancing (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 (Island, 1998)
Eszter Balint, Flicker (Scratchie, 1999)
James Carter, Layin' in the Cut (Atlantic, 2000)
Michael Blake, Hellbent (Bandcamp, 2010)
Axiomatic, The Birds of My Senses : Live at the Stone (Musso, 2013)
John Zorn, Bagatelles (Vol.
“Grant Calvin Weston” enters the record as american jazz drummer. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Grant, Calvin and Weston can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Grant Calvin Weston” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Grant, Calvin and Weston provides the most credible route into that argument.
Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 5, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1027745. VIAF identifies the subject as 79738448. The Library of Congress control number is no98022122. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1959, 1988, 1995 and 2000.
The absence of detail may reflect summary conventions rather than a lack of surviving documentation. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.
- Subject orientation
- Search vocabulary
- Locating named sources
The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Grant Calvin Weston”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Grant Calvin Weston primary sources, Grant Calvin Weston archive and Grant research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Grant Calvin Weston”?
- Which institution is responsible for the underlying evidence?
- What terminology or title could unlock a more precise catalogue search?
Search terms from this dossier
This entry incorporates text from “Grant Calvin Weston” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.