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Dragons 1976

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Dragons 1976 is the horn bass drum trio of Aram Shelton, Jason Ajemian and Timothy M. Daisy. The three met in Chicago in the early 00's as all were drawn to the city as a place to develop their music. All highly active in the creative music scene there, Dragons 1976 formed in a natural way after playing together for several years and released their first album On Cortez on Locust music in 2003. Largely improvisational, the music of Dragons 1976 focuses on their individuality as musicians while using composed parts to guide the form and structure. While rooted in and influenced by music of the jazz idiom, the music of Dragons 1976 is never bound to it's tradition, as each of the members is influenced by a wide array of styles including minimalism, folk, rock, electronic and free improvisation.
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Member Since: 19/11/2006
Band Website: www.aramshelton.com/d76.html
Band Members: Aram Shelton, Jason Ajemian & Timothy Daisy
Influences: John Coltrane, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones, Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry, Ed Blackwell, Billy Higgins, Charlie Haden, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Lester Bowie, Fred Hopkins, Sonny Rollins, Archie Shepp, Marion Brown, Henry Grimes, Charles Mingus, Johnny Griffin, Sun Ra, Anthony Braxton, Lucky Thompson, Art Pepper, Roswell Rudd, John Tchicai, Lewis Worrell, Milford Graves. Jeff Parker, Rob Mazurek, Matt Lux, Chad Taylor, Ellery Eskelin, Tim Berne, Chris Speed, Jim Black...
Sounds Like: Interview with Aram Shelton at Jazz Weekly

Dragons in Columbia, S.C.

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Record Label: Unsigned

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Aram Shelton on Tour

I'll be on tour this month - two weekends in Chicago with two different groups and a seven date solo tour!This weekend I'll be playing in Chicago at Heaven Gallery and the Hungry Brain with the Chicag...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:13:00 GMT

Winter Break Re-released

Our self-released 2006 album Winter Break is now available through CDBaby. The original artwork was tweaked a bit and repackaged in jewel cases as opposed to the original paper sleeves.You can check ...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:59:00 GMT

This month!

So Dragons will reconvene at the end of the month in New York for a duo of shows - one at Union Hall in Brooklyn and the other TBD. Also, a Polish label named MultiKulti will be releasing our newest a...
Posted by on Sun, 13 May 2007 11:43:00 GMT

This month!

So Dragons will reconvene at the end of the month in New York for a duo of shows - one at Union Hall in Brooklyn and the other TBD. Also, a Polish label named MultiKulti will be releasing our newest a...
Posted by on Sun, 13 May 2007 11:43:00 GMT

We are on the road

We've made it down to Lexington, KY and have alreay two dates done on our tour - one in Chicago at Heaven, one here at the Ice House - which lived up to it's name - it's a cool space - huge warehouse,...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 08:09:00 GMT