Pete DRUNGLE : keyboards
Krzysztof MAJCHRZAK: el. bass, fretless bass,
Grant C WESTON: drums

KNÜF (sample) By EKSTASIS TRIO ©2014

G. Calvin Weston, Krzysztof Majchrzak, Harry Triendl 

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The Weston Xperience - The Light Tower - Track 01 No Master

Pete DRUNGLE - keyboards
Grant C WESTON - drums,
Krzysztof MAJCHRZAK - bass
Biographie
PETE DRUNGLE is a Bessie Award-winning composer and pianist who has made music with Ornette Coleman, The Kronos Quartet, Yoko Ono, the Decoding Society and many others; he has composed scores for theater, television, film and video, and has collaborated with visual and performance artists including Michael Portnoy, Rudolf Stingel, Marianne Vitale, Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen, Agathe Snow and others. His music compositions, performances and sound design have accompanied exhibitions in Art-Basel Miami, the Whitney Biennial, and Performa 07, 09 and 11.

As a pianist, Drungle is an intrepid, adventurous improviser - possibly best exemplified by his legendary 24-HOUR CONTINUOUS SOLO PIANO IMPROVISATION; Wire magazine's Alan Licht remarked, "...In as much as free improvisation can be a real-time, stream of consciousness expression, Drungle's epic event pushed it well beyond the limits usually imposed by the customary concert timetable…That he was still functioning at a high level of creativity after 23 hours pays new testimony to the improvisational mindset. Drungle contributed the truest experiment in concert as performance art that PERFORMA had to offer."

Recent accolades include a Bessie Award for Best Composer, a Meet The Composer Commissioning Music/USA commission, an American Music Center grant, and composer residencies at UCross, Wyoming and Chapter Arts, Cardiff Wales.

QUOTES ABOUT PETE DRUNGLE

“...an evolved sound.” - Ornette Coleman

“...Incredible ...the most important solo piano record I've heard in a decade.” - Sean Lennon

“...I was swept away by Pete Drungle’s amazing talent. His breadth and depth of improvisation and creativity at the piano are truly unique. Pete is a true musician and artist above and beyond being a fabulous pianist.” - Philip Lasser, Julliard Professor of Music Composition

“...Pete Drungle is a cosmically wondrous pianist, composer, arranger and visionary. He bridges so many formidable gaps in this fracture-ridden world in which we struggle to live today.” - Daniel Carter, musician / writer

"...a brilliant composer.." - TimeOut NY

"...intensely cinematic.." - New York Times

G. CALVIN WESTON: 
Calvin was born June 6, 1959 in Philadelphia, PA. He became interested in drums at the age of 6, when he (and his neighbors) discovered his talent for rhythm as he beat on every car on the block. He lived in North Philadelphia where he saw musicians like Stevie Wonder, The Jackson Five and James Brown at the Uptown Theatre. Seeing his attention focused on the drummers, his Father bought him a small set. In high school Calvin learned to read music and played second snare in the drum ensemble. He co-founded the group Bad Influence which played in cabarets and clubs around Philadelphia. At age 17, Calvin joined Ornette Coleman’s Prime Time Band, with bass player Jamalaadean Tacuma, a close friend from philly and Charlee Ellerbe, 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 Luries Lounge Lizards in 1990. During the late 90s Calvin recorded and toured with Billy Martin of Medeski Martin and Wood, Tricky, Eyvind Kang, Derek Baily, Mark Ribot, and James Carter. He also played on several movie soundtracks including "Get Shorty". For his latest project, Calvin Weston’s Big Tree, Calvin explores the many musical influences of his career as band leader and composer. He also has a new band with world renowned guitarist, Vernon Reid and bass player, Jamalaadean Tacuma called Freeformfunkyfreqs. Their new CD is ‘Urban Mythology Volume 1’. In 2008 Calvin toured and recorded with Jean-Paul Bourelly and Melvin Gibbs in the band Gypsys Reloaded. G. Calvin Weston has played on many recordings. A partial discography Marc Ribot and Trevor Dunn – “Asmodeus, the music of John Zorn”, “Book Of Angels Volume 7”, Ornette Coleman - "Of Human Feelings", James Blood Ulmer - "Are You Glad To Be In America?", James Blood Ulmer - "Black Rock", and "Free Lancing", George Adams / James Blood Ulmer Quarter - "Jazzbuhne Berlin '85", James Blood Ulmer / George Adams / Phalanx - "Got Something Good For You", Grant Calvin Weston - "Dance Romance", Ornette Coleman - "In All Languages", Ornette Coleman & Prime Time - "Virgin Beauty", James Blood Ulmer - "Black & Blues", The James Blood Ulmer Blues Experience - "Blues Allnight", John Lurie National Orchestra - "Men With Sticks", Tricky - "Angels With Dirty Faces", The Lounge Lizards - "Queen of All Ears", Eyvind Kang on Dying Ground Live at the Knitting Factory, Derek Baily / Jamaaladeen Tacuma / Calvin Weston - "Mirakle", John Lurie - "African Swim and Manny Lo", James Carter - "Layin' In The Cut", Soundtracks: Get Shorty, Excess Baggage, Blue In The Face, Clay Pigeons, and Box of Moonlight.
Even a partial list of musicians that Mr. Weston has played with reads like a whos who of modern music: Ornette Colman, Mark Ribot, James ‘Blood’ Ulmer, George Adams, John Lurie, Trevor Dunn, Tom Spiker, Brian Marsella, Jeff Monjack, Dion Paci, Weasel Walter, Elliot Levin, Frosty Spiker, Jeff Monjak, Tony Cosby, Aino Soderheim, Dion Paci, John Medeski, Skerik, Uri Cane, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Dave Dreiwitz, Brian Haas, Billy Martin, Marco Benevento, Gerald Veasley, Cyro Baptista, Tom Spiker, DJ Logic, Brian Marsella, John Swana, Steven Bernstein, Warren Oree, Jason Fraticelli, Odean Pope, Andrew Weiss, Todd Horton, Elliot Levin, Jeremy Dyen, Byard Lancaster, Bobby Zankel, Jim Ridl, Will Brock, Ben Schachter, Aaron Graves, John Buck, Howard Cooper, David Dzubinski, Billy Martin, Cyro Baptise, Kato Hideki, Eyvand Kang, Shelly Hersch, and Derek Baily to name a few.

KRZYSZTOF MAJCHRZAK:
Bass player, Guitar player, composer, art director and producer Krzysztof Majchrzak was born in Poland. Bass virtuoso, inventor of his own unique sounds,

After a period of active participation in the creation of a new wave of Polish jazz, he has settled in France. His musical universe is at the crossroads of different musical cultures and different sources of inspiration from contemporary music through harmolodic to rock, jazz and ethnic music
He's led and confounded many musical projects, as “WESTON - MAJCHRZAK - GEMBALSKI "MAGIC HANDS ”, "EKSTASIS TRIO" LABIRYNT , GEMBALSKI - MAJCHRZAK - ZDUNIAK, STREET BLUES , DUNE, LONELY KOSMIKS , TIE BREAK, SUNSET, MAJCHRZAK PROJEKT, NEW JAZZ BAND, SYMPHONIC SOUND ORCHESTRA, Edgar Ravahatra Group, D.Y.M. , TOURMALINE, Exagere-Moi-Ensemble, LES LAST X, Grand Duc, Mohican, Z'Ebra, Poesique, l' O.G.R.E., Tom Bergeron QUARTET, M.G.B. Orchestra, Trio YMG. He played with : G.Calvin Weston, Pete Drungle, Philippe Garcia,Tom Bergeron, Henryk Gembalski, Michal Zduniak, Wojciech Konikiewicz, Adam Buczek, Alek Korecki, Michel Godard, Keller Cocker, Walter Lang, Rick Hollander, Stephane Lambert, Stephane Bartelt, Octavian Tzaranou, Laurent Levesque, Mel Brown, Christopher Woitach, Kinior, ….. Participated in tours and festivals in Poland, France, United States, Canada, Germany like “Montreal Jazz Festival”, “Nancy Jazz Pulsations”, “Festival d’été in Quebec City” ,”Jazz Jamboree”, “Jazz nad Odra”, “Garden Blues”, “Jazz a Vienne”, “Francofolie French music festival in La Rochelle” .... invited “Jazz Festival Leverkusen”, “Jazz Festival Bolzano”....

He took part in concerts organized by France Inter, Radio France Internationale and Europe1 , and even appeared in a TV5 Canadian TV show and in USA television program/podcast for PJJ-TV in Portland

Majchrzak attaches great significance to improvisation, thus plays prepared bass, and often includes ethnic elements into his compositions. He's been in constant search for original and unique sounds and has opposed the repeating of jazz patterns.


KNÜF (sample) By EKSTASIS TRIO ©2014

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