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This Improvisational Master Class will be all improvised around creative music, rhythmic melodies, and sounds the way I hear and fill them by adding to melodies and rhythm. At the age of 17, I studied with the master Ornette Coleman, James Blood Ulmer, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Charlie Ellerbee, Al Macdowell, and many others. I've studied the ins and outs of Harmolodic & Other Improvised Music. Special Guest Little Africa & Rumba Time with Tony Cosby..Just adding to this master class Tony Jones on Bass and Dave Sherick on Steel Pans..

Musicians are welcome to participate in this master class as well, so if you think you'd like to take part, please bring an small amp and come early. Bring your instruments and let's get creative! In addition, we will have some special guests from the University of Pennsylvania, University Of The Arts, and Temple University.

About G. Calvin Weston

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 1970s.

“Calvin Weston is wild enough by himself; he gets even crazier when he’s joined by other percussionists … [achieves] a rare cohesion, fusing jazz, hip-hop, African rhythms, and funk into an invigorating and exploratory sound that’s both enjoyable and intellectual.” — Philadelphia Weekly

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