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Will Calhoun Trio at Blue Note New York

Courtesy of Kimberly C Chmura | Posted on May 18, 2013

Where

Blue Note New York
131 West Third Street
New York, NY
Map
212-475-8592

When

Sun, May 19, 2013
8 and 10:30

At Door

$30

Musicians

About

KCC Productions presents the Premiere of Will Calhoun's "Life in this World": Album Release Performance May 17-19 at The Blue Note (131 West 3rd St, NY) with Marc Cary and Charnett Moffett with Special Guests Donald Harrison and Nicholas Payton (18 & 19 only)

Before he became famous as a member of the groundbreaking hard rock group Living Colour, Will Calhoun was an aspiring jazz drummer raised on a steady diet of his father's bebop records. Calhoun goes back to his roots on his latest album, Life In This World ­ but to get there he takes a circuitous route through a wealth of musical experience around the globe. From studies with master musicians in Africa to experiments with electronic music in his home studio, Calhoun's adventurous sonic imagination couldn't help but expand the horizons of a stellar jazz recording which pairs the drummer with greats including Wallace Roney, Donald Harrison, Charnett Moffett, Marc Cary, Doug Wimbish, John Benitez and legendary bassist Ron Carter....

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