the Who, Bill Dixon, Tizzy, Xenakis, Duke Ellington, Green, AMM, Sleater-Kinney, James Brown, Aimee Mann, Krzysztof Penderecki, Miles Davis, Pierre Henry, Sam Cooke, Barn Owl, Frank Wright, Francois Bayle, Merle Haggard, Cecil Taylor, the Clash, Sun Ra, Howlin' Wolf, Love, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Public Enemy, Scrawl, Keiji Haino, Albert Ayler, Charles Mingus, MC5, Yo La Tengo (pre-"Summer Sun"), Fela Kuti, M.I.A., Link Wray, Gal Costa, Luigi Nono, Maria McKee, Masayuki Takayanagi, the Temptations, Tony Oxley, Otis Redding, Alan Silva, Betty Davis, Kaoru Abe, Elvis Presley, Derek Bailey, Gyorgi Ligeti, Magic Sam, Ultramagnetic MCs, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Marvin Gaye, Os Mutantes, Tony Conrad, Smokey Robinson.
Matt Weston plays percussion and electronics, and has performed throughout the US and in Europe. He has appeared on CNN, VH1, and CBS TV.
He has studied and/or collaborated with Arthur Brooks, Bill Dixon, Kevin Drumm, Milford Graves, William Parker, Jack Wright and others.
His work has earned critical praise from such publications as the Wire, the Village Voice, Signal To Noise, Cadence, All About Jazz, Grooves, and Bananafish. His solo album Vacuums has garnered international acclaim, as have his recordings with Barn Owl, Tizzy, and Thrillpillow.
He has recorded for the Tautology, Sachimay, Breaking World Records, Imvated, Crank Satori, BoxMedia, and Drag City labels. He currently records for the new 7272music label.
In addition to his solo work, Weston is a member of Barn Owl (with guitarist Chris Cooper and bassist Andy Crespo); and is guitarist with Thrillpillow (with guitarist/vocalist Plum Crane, bassist/vocalist Maggie Nowinski, and drummer James Z).
past performances include:
-Music/Dance Performance Workshop, School of New Dance Development, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (as a member of the Arthur Brooks Ensemble V)
-extended collaboration with the Rotterdam Improvisers Pool (as a member of the Arthur Brooks Ensemble V)
-Three Days In October festival (as a member of the Arthur Brooks Ensemble V), Commemorating the 30th Anniversary of the October Revolution in Jazz
-Vision Festival (as a member of the Arthur Brooks Ensemble V)
-Autumn Uprising Festival (as a member of Barn Owl)
-Improvised And Otherwise Festival (with Blaise Siwula and Eric Zinman)
-appearances at the Knitting Factory, NYC; the Riviera Theater, Chicago; O42, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Washington University, St. Louis
JFJO returns to BOSTON on SATURDAY (OCT. 17) at The Lizard Lounge. Doors @ 8:30pm & two sets of JFJO start at 9:30pm! Advance Tickets are cheaper! See you soon!
Monday, March 2 -------------------------- -BLACK PYRAMID -PONDS -BUILDING THE STATE (NY) -LIQUIDLIMBS (NY) -OVERMAN -------------------------- at the elevens 9pm 21+
whats up man hope 2009 is the one. Yes, Dock Ellis was the shit... the world needs more lsd-droppin pitchers. Shit. Come back to St. Louis sometime it was awsome. "We gonna get down. We gonna do the do. I'm gonna hit these motherfuckers. "
