Veryan Weston (born 1950) is a British pianist active in free improvisation, jazz, and rock music. He has worked with Lol Coxhill, Eddie Prévost, Trevor Watts, Caroline Kraabel[1] and Phil Minton.

Veryan Weston
Born (1950-09-03) 3 September 1950 (age 73)
Sussex, England
GenresFree improvisation, jazz, classical
Occupation(s)Musician
Instrument(s)Piano, keyboards
Years active1970s–present
LabelsEmanem
Websiteveryanweston.weebly.com

Weston was born in 1950 and lived in Cornwall before moving to London in 1972.[2]

Discography edit

  • Underwater Carol (Matchless, 1987)
  • Playing Alone (Acta, 1997)
  • Mercury Concert (Emanem, 1999)
  • Unearthed (33 Records, 1999)
  • Five Shadows (Emanem, 2001)
  • Tessellations for Lutheal Piano (Emanem, 2003)
  • Gateway to Vienna (Emanem, 2005)
  • Unlocked (Emanem, 2007)
  • Allusions (Emanem, 2009)
  • Different Tessellations (Emanem, 2011)
  • Haste (Emanem, 2012)
  • Dialogues for Ornette! (FMR, 2015)
  • Tuning Out (Emanem, 2015)
  • Discoveries On Tracker Action Organs (Emanem, 2016)
  • The Make Project (Barnyard, 2018)
  • Crossings (Hi 4Head, 2020)

As sideman edit

With Lol Coxhill

  • The Joy of Paranoia (Ogun, 1978)
  • Digswell Duets (Random Radar, 1979)
  • Cou$cou$ (Nato, 1984)
  • The Inimitable (Chabada, 1985)
  • Frog Dance (Impetus, 1986)
  • Boundless (Emanem, 1998)
  • Coxhill On Ogun (Ogun, 1998)
  • Spectral Soprano (Emanem, 2002)
  • Worms Organising Archdukes (Emanem, 2002)
  • Out to Launch (Emanem, 2003)

With Phil Minton

  • Ways (ITM, 1987)
  • Ways Past (ITM, 1992)
  • Songs from a Prison Diary (Leo, 1993)
  • Mouthfull of Ecstasy (Victo, 1996)
  • Ways Out East, Ways Out West (Intakt, 2005)
  • Slur (Emanem, 2007)

With Trevor Watts

  • Trevor Watts' Moire Music (Arc, 1985)
  • Saalfelden Encore (Cadillac, 1987)
  • With One Voice (Arc, 1988)
  • 6 Dialogues (Emanem, 2002)
  • 5 More Dialogues (Emanem, 2011)
  • Dialogues in Two Places (Hi 4 Head, 2012)
  • At Ad Libitum (for Tune, 2015)
  • Dialogues with Strings (Fundacja Suchaj, 2017)
  • The Real Intention (Fundacja Suchaj, 2020)

With others

References edit

  1. ^ "Emanem, l'improvisation britannique au bout du tunnel". Chronicart.com (in French). Les Editions Réticulaires. 12 April 2001. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
  2. ^ "Biog & Discog". Veryanweston.weebly.com. Retrieved 3 July 2020.

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