Grant Calvin Weston/The Out Sider/Improv Messenger

I'm very honored to announce my new solo project to you all here in Philadelphia for the first time..Grant Calvin Weston,The Out Sider/Improv Messenger Solo Project..Improv drumming with audio tracks..

Grant Calvin Weston has blazed a harmolodic, funkadelic trail through modern jazz. This record is a culmination of recordings made on the West Coast and his hometown of Philadelphia. Weston puts his Midas touch on electronics and acoustic instruments that blow the socks off any jazz-rock poser out there. Listen to the man who funked-up Ornette Coleman in the 1980s

“Weston lays down a ferocious groove with ecstatic shouts … tugging rhythmic displacements that tease like thunder and lightning throughout.” — All About Jazz

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Akimbo Research Project

AUDIO: https://soundcloud.com/akimboresearcher/news-from-neptune-mix-11
https://soundcloud.com/akimboresearcher/helium-diamonds-remix-3

Sun Ra Arkestra guitarist D.Hotep uses his Akimbo Research Project to explore differing genres of music -- from composed to improvised to experimental. With Sun Ra Arkestra vocalist/lyricist/violinist Tara Middleton he forms the duo Jupiter Blue, developing lyrical grooves & jazz-sourced vocal soundscapes. This performance will bring the duo together with Sonic Liberation 8 founder Kevin Diehl, providing electronic rhythms & atmospheres, for an exploration of original song, spoken word, and improvisation.

Admission is FREE