Kevin Shea (musician)
Kevin Shea  | |
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![]() Kevin Shea playing at Downtown Music Gallery in New York City in 2024  | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 1973 (age 51–52) Minnesota, U.S.  | 
| Genres | Jazz, experimental music | 
| Occupation | Musician | 
| Instrument | Drums | 
Kevin Shea is an American jazz drummer in improvisation and experimental music. He attended Berklee College of Music.
Career
Shea 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
- 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
- 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
- ^ Storm & Stress at AllMusic
 - ^ Coptic Light at AllMusic
 - ^ "Best Drummer New York 2012 - Kevin Shea". The Village Voice. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. 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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