简介
來自紐約的Will Calhoun是一位廣受好評的鼓手，頂著波士頓伯克萊音樂學院音樂製作和工程的學士光環，更是著名的Buddy Rich爵士樂大師傑出鼓手獎項得主。
Will的擊鼓炫技所獲得的肯定包含：1988年Modern Drummer雜誌讀者票選年度最佳新進鼓手， 1989、1991、1992三年Modern Drummer雜誌讀者票選年度最佳鼓手，以及1990年Rolling Stone 雜誌專家評選年度最佳鼓手。
身為Living Colour樂團的鼓手，Will Calhoun獨特的即興與搖滾融合鼓聲在該團的專輯中展露無疑；而身兼多產作曲家的Will亦為該樂團寫下許多暢銷金曲。Living Colour在1989、1990年連續兩年獲得葛萊美最佳搖滾表演獎，1991年更贏得了國際搖滾獎的最佳搖滾樂團獎項。
除了與Living Colour一起工作，Will也與不同的音樂家合作錄製音樂或在世界各地巡迴演出，包括B.B. King, Mick Jagger, Jaco Pastorious, Harry Belafonte, Pharoah Sanders, Jack Dejohnette, Paul Simon, Lou Reed, Marcus Miller, Dr. John, Carly Simon, Herb Alpert, Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wood, Wayne Shorter (on the Grammy-winning CD High Life) 以及與饒舌歌手錄製專輯。此外，Will也曾以製作人、鼓手和作曲家三重身分參與過Herb Alpert’s的葛萊美提名專輯＂Colors＂。
Will在2000年時發表了他的首張個人爵士專輯：: The Will Calhoun Quintet: Live at the Blue Note. 透過自身對爵士樂、世界音樂、和環境音樂的詮釋，Will帶領聽者進入一場冒險旅程。這張專輯邀請了鮑比沃森（薩克斯），特雷爾斯塔福德（小號），約翰貝尼特斯（貝司）和奧林埃文斯（鋼琴）一同參與演出。
能具備葛萊美得主的視野及藝術性，對爵士、搖滾、、嘻哈、環境等多種音樂風格貢獻良多，同時還在製作、巡迴演出、電影工作上力求表現的音樂家堪稱鱗毛鳳爪。然而，Will Calhoun即具有如此開創性的格局；對他而言，音樂是生命中是永恆不變的精神動力。
人物简介
Living Colour’s Will Calhoun was easily one of the most talented rock drummers to emerge during the late ’80s. Born on July 22, 1964 and raised in the Bronx, New York, Calhoun graduated from the Berklee School of Music in Boston during the early ’80s. Shortly thereafter, he met guitarist Vernon Reid, who invited the drummer to join a hard rock outfit he was putting together. With Corey Glover on vocals and fellow Berklee graduate Muzz Skillings on bass, Living Colour was officially formed in 1984. By 1988, the quartet was signed to Epic, and issued their debut album, Vivid, the same year. The album was a smash success (due to their anthemic hit single, "Cult of Personality"), as Calhoun was quickly singled out as one of rock’s top drummers - winning awards in both Modern Drummer Magazine’s Readers Poll and Rolling Stone Magazine’s Critics Poll. Living Colour continued to issue albums through the early ’90s (during which time Skillings was replaced with Doug Wimbish) - 1990’s Time’s Up, 1991’s Biscuits, and 1993’s Stain - before splitting up in 1995. Calhoun has also become quite an in-demand session drummer, as he’s either recorded with or performed alongside the likes of B.B. King, Mick Jagger, Harry Belafonte, Pharaoh Sanders, Jack Dejohnette, Marcus Miller, Dr. John, Carly Simon, Herb Alpert, Ron Wood, Wayne Shorter, Run-DMC, and Public Enemy. Additionally, Calhoun has played on solo releases by most of his Living Colour bandmates - Corey Glover’s Hymns and Doug Wimbish’s Trippy Notes for Bass. Calhoun has also formed a group with Wimbish, Jungle Funk (who issued a self-titled release in 1998), and has issued several solo releases - 1994’s Housework, 1997’s Drumwave, and 2000’s Live at the Blue Note - the latter of which was credited to the Will Calhoun Quintet. The late ’90s saw Calhoun team up with Wimbish and Glover in a new band, Headfake, which eventually led to a full-blown Living Colour reunion just prior to 2001, as Reid signed on as well. Living Colour toured throughout 2001, and plan on issuing a studio album sometime in the near future. Calhoun is also serving as drummer and producer for an upcoming album by rapper Mos Def, for which he assembled a stellar backing band (dubbed Black Jack Johnson), comprised of Funkadelic keyboardist Bernie Worrell and Bad Brains guitarist Dr. Know, among others. ~ Greg Prato, Rovi著名唱片集
Native Lands [CD & DVD] 标签: Half Note Records 发行: 2005年6月Live at the Blue Note 标签: Half Note Records 发行: 2000年5月
Housework 标签: W.C. 发行: 1995年10月
Drumwave 标签: W.C. 发行: 1997年5月
