Kevin Shea is an American jazz drummer in improvisation and experimental music. He attended Berklee College of Music.
Kevin Shea | |
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![]() Kevin Shea playing at Downtown Music Gallery in New York City in 2024 | |
Background information | |
Born | 1973 (age 50–51) Minnesota, U.S. |
Genres | Jazz, experimental music |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instrument | Drums |
Career
editShea has played in the avant-garde band Storm & Stress with whom he recorded Storm and Stress (produced by Steve Albini) in 1997 and Under Thunder & Fluorescent Lights (produced by Jim O'Rourke) in 2000.[1] He has also played in the band Coptic Light.[2] The Village Voice named him best drummer of 2012.[3]
He has played with Micah Gaugh, Ian Williams, Daniel Carter, Mary Halvorson, Peter Evans, Mike Pride, and Matt Mottel. He is a member of the bands Talibam!, People, Moppa Elliott's Mostly Other People Do the Killing, Puttin' on the Ritz, and Sexy Thoughts.
Discography
edit- Storm & Stress with Storm & Stress (Touch and Go, 1997)[4]
- Under Thunder & Fluorescent Lights with Storm & Stress (Touch and Go, 2000)[5]
- Coptic Light with Coptic Light, (No Quarter 2005)[6]
- People with People (I and Ear, 2005)
- Misbegotten Man with People (I and Ear, 2007)
- Bangin' Your Way into the Future with Puttin On the Ritz (Hot Cup, 2008)
- White Light/White Heat with Puttin On the Ritz (Hot Cup, 2010)
- The Big Bang with Alfred Vogel (Boomslang, 2011)
- Untitled with Barr & Dahl (ugEXPLODE, 2012)
- 3 x A Woman with People (Telegraph Harp, 2014)
With Mostly Other People Do the Killing
- Mostly Other People Do the Killing (Hot Cup, 2004)
- Shamokin!!! (Hot Cup, 2007)[7]
- This Is Our Moosic (Hot Cup, 2008)[8]
- Forty Fort (Hot Cup, 2009)
- The Coimbra Concert (Clean Feed, 2011)[9]
- Live at the Newport Jazz Festival (2011)[10]
- Slippery Rock! (Hot Cup, 2012)[11]
- Red Hot (Hot Cup, 2012)
- Blue (Hot Cup, 2014)[12]
- Hannover (Jazzwerkstatt, 2014)
- Mauch Chunk (Hot Cup, 2015)[13]
- Live (For Tune, 2016)
- Paint (Hot Cup, 2017)[14]
- Loafer's Hollow (Hot Cup, 2017)[15]
With Talibam!
- Talibam! (Evolving Ear, 2005)
- Ecstatic Jazz Duos (Thor's Rubber Hammer 2008)
- Boogie in the Breeze Blocks (ESP Disk, 2009)[16]
- The New Nixon Tapes (Roaratorio, 2009)
- Discover AtlantASS (Belly Kids, 2011)
- Puff Up the Volume (Critical Heights, 2012)
- Polyp (MN, 2014)
- Double Automatism (Karl, 2015)[17]
- Hard Vibe (ESP Disk, 2017)
- Ordination of the Globetrotting Conscripts[18]
- Translition 2 Siriusness[19]
- It Is Dangerous to Lean Out[20]
As sideman
edit- Rhys Chatham, Outdoor Spell (Northern Spy, 2011)
- Ira Cohen, The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda (Bastet, 2006)
- Peter Evans, The Peter Evans Quartet (Firehouse 12, 2007)[21]
- Peter Evans, Live in Lisbon (Clean Feed, 2010)[22]
- Asmus Tietchens, FT+ (Crouton, 2003)
- Great Lakes, Wild Vision (Loose Trucks, 2016)
- Great Lakes, Ways of Escape[23]
- Great Lakes, Dreaming Too Close to the Edge[24]
- Parts & Labor & Tyondai Braxton, Rise, Rise, Rise (Narnack, 2003)
- Swirlies, Cats of the Wild: Vol. Two (Bubble Core, 2003)
References
edit- ^ Storm & Stress at AllMusic
- ^ Coptic Light at AllMusic
- ^ "Best Drummer New York 2012 - Kevin Shea". The Village Voice. Retrieved 2014-10-24.
- ^ "Storm & Stress - Storm & Stress". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
- ^ "Under Thunder and Fluorescent Lights". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
- ^ "Coptic Light". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
- ^ "Shamokin!!!". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
- ^ Hareuveni, Eyal (4 December 2008). "Mostly Other People Do The Killing: This Is Our Moosic album review @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- ^ Corroto, Mark (1 March 2011). "Mostly Other People Do the Killing: The Coimbra Concert album review @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ^ "Mostly Other People Do The Killing: Newport Jazz 2011". NPR.org. 7 August 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ^ Layman, Will (27 March 2013). "Mostly Other People Do the Killing: Slippery Rock". PopMatters. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- ^ Elliott, Moopa; Elliott, Greg (15 September 2014). "Kind of, Kind of Blue: A Conversation with Mostly Other People Do the Killing". PopMatters. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- ^ Ackermann, Karl (14 October 2015). "Mostly Other People Do the Killing: Mauch Chunk album review @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- ^ Ackermann, karl (7 October 2017). "Mostly Other People Do the Killing: Paint album review @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ^ Shanley, Mike (25 April 2019). "Mostly Other People Do the Killing: Loafer's Hollow (Hot Cup)". JazzTimes. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ^ Rose, Raul D'Gama (18 July 2009). "Talibam!: Boogie in the Breeze Blocks album review @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- ^ Simpson, Paul. "Double Automatism - Yasunao Tone, Talibam!, Sam Kulik | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- ^ Masters, Marc (16 October 2007). "Talibam!: Ordination of the Globetrotting Conscripts". Pitchfork. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- ^ Cohan, Brad (25 January 2015). "Watch "No School" Rap Duo TaliBam! Float Through Williamsburg in the Trippy New Video for "BKLYN"". Vice. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- ^ "Complete Communion: Stewart Smith On Jazz For July". The Quietus. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- ^ "Peter Evans Quartet". All About Jazz. 13 November 2007. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
- ^ Jazz, All About (2 July 2010). "Peter Evans Quartet: Live in Lisbon". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
- ^ Monger, James Christopher. "Ways of Escape - Great Lakes". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- ^ "Album Premiere: Dreaming Too Close To The Edge by Great Lakes". The Big Takeover. 30 March 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
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