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Hymn of the 3rd Galaxy

by Free Form Funky Freqs

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Earth 03:06
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Galactic Bar 02:10
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Near Arm 06:49
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Norma Arm 04:23
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Far 3 kpc 03:46
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Outer Arm 05:24
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Orion Spur 04:34
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Perseus Arm 06:16
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Sun 05:30
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about

Free Form Funky Freqs | Three well seasoned musicians who are each eternally curious and rebellious.

G. Calvin Weston. Jazz Drummer with the blues in his heart. Credits include John Lurie, James Blood Ulmer, John Medeski. Weston drives the vehicle wherever it will go.

Vernon Reid. Punk and Funk at the root, with numerous credits in music and film. Named one of the top 100 guitarists of all time. Up from with Living Colour tearing through our collective psyche with nothing but the truth. One half of The Yohimbe Brothers w/DJ Logic.

Jamaaladeen Tacuma. Composure is his way. On the bass with Ornette Coleman and many more, always restless at the intersection of music and culture. A man with his eye on the future, rooted firmly in the present.

Free Form Funky Freqs
The birth of the trio intertwined with the untimely death of Tonic, the legendary underground center for jazz, rock performance and experimental music in lower Manhattan. In its waning days a number of performances were commissioned from artists associated with the venue. Enter Weston, who called two long time friends to share the stage. Due to traveling and production circumstances, the trio had not played a single note together. The success of this spontaneous performance at Tonic came as a surprise and revelation to the members of the trio. What started as an impromptu gig, now begged further consideration.

Shortly thereafter, Weston invited Reid and Tacuma to come to the rhythm section’s native Philadelphia, playing the underground haven, Tritone. Once again with no prior planning, the three took the stage and had yet another remarkable evening.s it the reinvention of the power trio, or is it a peak into the future or perhaps it’s the present being fast-forwarded? That is for you to decide, but either way, it’s a journey worth taking. Willing to take a risk, Reid booked time at a little known but professionally appointed studio near his home in Staten Island. These three musical innovators went into the studio wanting to explore the organic energy and excitement they felt from the live performances with the first studio album Urban Mythology . Since then they have recorded a second album Bon Vivant produced by Jamaaladeen Tacuma and taking advantage of the ‘downtime’ created during the closing of music venues worldwide G. Calvin Weston produced the third recording session during the 2020-21 Covid 19 pandemic .

Since their inception Free Form Funky Freqs have performed 72 concerts worldwide, thrilling audiences with a once in a lifetime chance to hear something that was never heard before and will never be heard again. Performance number 73 is the recording session for Hymn of the Third Galaxy. Where will number 74 be? Stay tuned to find out."

credits

released August 12, 2022

G. Calvin Weston - Drums
Vernon Reid - Guitar
Jamaaladeen Tacuma - Bass

Produced by Grant Calvin Weston
Co-produced by Todd Horton, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Vernon Reid
Associate Producer Rahima Tacuma

Recorded at
Sound Scape Recording Lab Philadelphia, PA
Tacuma Express Studios Philadelphia, PA
DharmaLab Shaolin Staten Island NY

Mixed by
Todd Horton
Mastered by
Dan Stein at Kosher Butcher Studios

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Grant Calvin Weston Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

At 17, Calvin joined Ornette Coleman's Prime Time band, with bass player Jamalaadean Tacuma, his close friend from Philly, 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 Lurie"s Lounge Lizards in 1990. ... more

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