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Will Calhoun: Wmv Project at Alma Mater
Courtesy of Vena Jefferson | Posted on August 6, 2016
Where
Alma Mater
7165 Germantown Avenue
Philadelphia, PA
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When
Thu, August 11, 2016
9:30 pm
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Modern Renaissance Jazz presents:
Grammy Award-Winning Duo Drummer Will Calhoun & Guitarist Vernon Reid from the group "Living Colour" at Alma Mater music venue in Mt. Airy.
On Thursday, Aug 11th, the Grammy-Award winning duo Will Calhoun and Vernon Reid will partner with bassist Melvin Gibbs to form the soul-rock-jazz fusion project WMV and perform two shows, 7:30pm & 9:30pm at Alma Mater Restaurant/Beer Garden, 7165 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19119.
Known primarily for his vivid and volcanic drumming in the hard-hitting soul-rock group Living Colour, Calhoun, whose forthcoming CD, Celebrating Elvin Jones, is a tribute to John Coltrane’s legendary drummer – has also worked with a wide range of jazz and hip-hop artists from McCoy Tyner to Mos Def, and earned critical praise as Best Drummer by Downbeat Magazine, and from countless other publications. Calhoun has played in a staggering variety of styles and traditions over the course of his eclectic career, including straight-ahead jazz, fusion, traditional African percussion, funk, hip-hop, and of course, hard rock. Bassist Gibbs, no stranger to the electric scene, is known for his work with the group Power Tools, worked as a sideman with Bill Frisell, Femi Kuti, Dead Prez, and Craig Harris, and is an impressive composer in his own right. As the lead guitarist of Living Colour and a co-founder of the Black Rock Coalition, Brooklyn-based Vernon Reid's eclectic and encyclopedic guitar playing ranges from hard rock and punk and funk, to R&B, avant-garde jazz, hip-hop and beyond....