Not all who chased the zebra caught it, but the one who caught it chased it

Untethered in Motion - Presented by Leo Gadson and the Producers Guild
in collaboration with Urban Movement Arts

At The Second Fridays 12th Annual Mini Jazz Fest - July 11 2025

Paul Giess - Trumpet + Tipsy
G Calvin Weston - Drums
Keys - Matthew Little
Bass - Rodrigo Picardo

Recorded by
Ry Miller

Dancers -
Ruk
Breeze
CK

Videographer - Vince Johnson


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Grant Calvin Weston -
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 Lounge Lizards in 1990.
During the late 90s Calvin recorded and toured with Billy Martin of Medeski Martin and Wood, Tricky, Eyvind Kang, Derek Bailey, Marc Ribot, and James Carter. He also played on several movie soundtracks including "Get Shorty". For his latest project, Calvin Westons Big Tree, Calvin explores the many musical influences of his career as bandleader and composer. He also has a band with world guitarist, Vernon Reid and bass player, Jamalaadean Tacuma, Free Form Funky Freqs which has released 3 albums since their inception.


Paul Giess is a dynamic musician whose "lyrical, highly expressive trumpet work" (Downbeat Magazine) has shared stages alongside renowned artists including Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Grant Calvin Weston, Lee Clarke, Yolanda Wisher, and Guthrie Ramsey.

Over the last year Paul has been leading a musical ensemble named “Untethered”. The group is an intergenerational conversation that utilizes Spontaneous Creative Composition to venture to and from the musical unknown. The group will be releasing an album August of 2025 titled “Grasping for the Moon” and will be making their NYC debut the same month as well. Paul’s other current artistic output is the “Rubr Duki Dance Party” an immersive performance art piece that uses play, drawing writing and dance to encourage audience members to discover their Inner Rubber Ducky.

More broadly, Paul’s performances have been featured at prestigious venues including NYC Winter Jazz Festival, Lancaster Ave Jazz Festival, Morocco's Timitar Festival, The Barnes Foundation, The Kimmel Center and Snug Harbor. His 2021 album "Hymn's Vol 1," was released on Ropeadope Records label and features V. Shayne Frederick. Giess's compositional talents earned him the McKnight Visiting Composer Residency from the American Composers Forum in 2018. Additional his compositional work can be found featured on WHYY's "Philadelphia Revealed" podcast.


Matt "Honeybee" Little, was born in Philadelphia in 1981 and began studying piano at age 16 under Barry Sames and Orrin Evans before attending Berklee College of Music. After successfully completing his bachelors at Berklee, Matt relocated to Los Angeles. Matt currently plays with Josef Leimberg and Haley Reinhart. Matt has done some notable work on stage in the studio and on camera with various artists such as Musiq Soulchild, Talib Kweli, Haley Reinhart, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Dame Dash, Bilal, Paloma Faith, Dave Chappelle, Brandy, J. Cole, DJ Quik, Mr. Carmack, Here Lies Man, Kali Uchis, Mt Westmore, Anderson .Paak & SiR. Like the honeybee, Matt flies around gathering bits of "pollen", only to come home and turn all that he has collected into sweet, delicious honey.