Kevin Shea (musician)
American drummer
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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 52–53) Minnesota, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz, experimental music |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument | Drums |
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)
