past gigs archive (2002)

Monday, December 30th, 2002

The Will Calhoun Quartet:

Will Calhoun - Drums, Ambient Percussion, Flutes
John Benitez - Bass
Orrin Evans - Piano
Don Braden - Saxophone

Live at the Blue Note
131 West 3rd St., NYC

Show times are 7:30 & 9:30pm

Call the box office at 212-475-8592

$10... You can't beat it... Don't miss this special holiday event.



Oct/Nov, 2002 European Tour with Pharaoh Sanders

Pharaoh Sanders - Sax
Will Calhoun - Drums, African Percussion, loops
John-Paul Bourelly - Guitars
Matt Garison - Basses

Tue 10/22/02 - Hamburg, Germany @ Fabrik

Wed 10/23/02 - Berlin, Germany @ Soultrane

Sun 10/27/02 - München, Germany @ Bayrische Hof

Tue 10/29/02 - Paris, France @ New Morning

Wed 10/30/02 - Paris, France @ New Morning

Fri 11/01/02 - Wien, Austria @ WUK

Sun 11/03/02 - Graz, Austria @ Orpheum

Mon 11/04/02 - Innsbruck, Austria @ Treibhaus

Tue 11/05/02 - Heidelberg, Germany @ Karlstorbahnhof

Wed 11/06/02 - Linz, Austria @ Posthof

Thu 11/07/02 - Leipzig, Austria @ Spizz

Fri 11/08/02 - Ingolstadt, Germany - Festival

Sat 11/09/02 - Zürich, Switzerland @ Moods

Mon 11/11/02 - Rome, Italy - Festival

As always, please make sure to check with the local venues to confirm show dates and details!


Saturday, October 26th, 2002

Festival gig in Frankfurt, Germany with jazz saxophone great Archie Shepp, Will Calhoun + Jean-Paul Bourelly`s Boom Bop at HR Großer Rundfunksaal.


Tuesday, October 8th, 2002

Will Calhoun’s Drum Wave Experience + special guests

Brick Lane Curry House
342 East 6th St.
East Village, NYC.
(212)-979-2900

2 shows 8pm & 10pm
$10.00 donation fee

*Come and enjoy great music with fantastic Indian cuisine*


Saturday, October 5th, 2002

HeadFake
Will Calhoun and Doug Wimbish featuring Fusion Innovator DAVID SANCIOUS
(of Sting/Stanley Clarke/Peter Gabriel/Clapton/Santana) on keyboard, guitar.


at The Bottom Line

15 W.4th St.(corner of Mercer St.)
NYC
212-228-6300

Doors Open 6PM for 7:30 Show/10PM for 10:30 Show
$15



Friday, September 20th, 2002

Will performs with Mos Def and the Black Jack Johnson band at:

Dream
1350 Okie St. NE
Washington, DC

Showtime: 10 p.m.
Price: Free with flyer until 8, then up to $40 depending on time

Note: Arrive before 8 for free admission (with a coupon from www.welcometodream.com), an open bar and a complimentary buffet. Mos Def takes the stage at 10.


Fri & Sat, Sept. 13th & 14th, 2002

Will Calhoun and Kevin Eubanks
w/ special guests

Will and Kevin have been talking about doing this gig for quite some time!

performing at The Baked Potato
3787 Cahuenga Blvd.
West No. Hollywood, CA 91604
818-980-1615

2 shows - 9:30pm & 11:30pm
tix $15


Living Colour U.S. show

Sat 9/7/02 - San Diego, CA @ San Diego Street Scene 2002



Saturday, August 24th, 2002

Will performs with dynamic vocalist/artist Sussan Deyhim at the Saalfeden Festival in Austria (right outside of Salzburg), with the"Madman Of God" Band.


Tuesday, July 16th, 2002

Will Calhoun’s Drum Wave Experience + special guests

Brick Lane Curry House
342 East 6th St.
East Village, NYC.
(212)-979-2900

SHOW TIME 7:30pm
$10.00 donation fee

*Come and enjoy great music with fantastic Indian cuisine*


Saturday, July 13th, 2002

HeadFake (Will Calhoun and Doug Wimbish)

performing at the BAMcafe
Brooklyn Academy of Music
30 Lafayette Avenue between Ashland Place and St. Felix Street
Brooklyn, New York
www.bam.org


Showtime is 8pm

Friday, June 28th, 2002

HeadFake (Will Calhoun and Doug Wimbish)
(featuring Mark Ledford)

Arguably one of the best rhythm sections in the world, together Will Calhoun (Living Colour, Wayne Shorter, B.B. King, Pharoah Sanders, Jaco Pastorius, Mick Jagger, Marcus Miller, Harry Belafonte, Dr. John, ...) and Doug Wimbish (Sugar Hill Band, The Rolling Stones, Jeff Beck, Living Colour, Carly Simon, Seal, Madonna, Joe Satriani, TackHead, ...) have propelled the grooves for Living Colour, George Clinton and many others. They have produced and performed with Herb Alpert and most recently Mos Def and the Black Jack Johnson project.

World Music, Drum-n-Bass, Jungle, Funk, Jazz, Hip-Hop and Rock-n-Roll.

HeadFake in the Area…

Concert in Pärnu, Estonia, at the festival Summer Jazz 2002
Venue: Pärnu Vallikäär, open air arena
Contact: Anne Erm, +372 51 84087
annee@er.ee


ULTISSIMO Tour - Spain 2002

Will Calhoun will be performing with Mark Ledford's ULTISSIMO on the following dates in Spain this summer:

JUNE

13 Festival Territorios Sevilla 2002
14 Festival Territorios Sevilla 2002
15 Festival Territorios Sevilla 2002


Living Colour U.S. shows

Wed 5/1/02 - Winooski, VT @ Higher Ground

Thu 5/2/02 - Northampton, MA @ Pearl Street

Sun 6/16/02 - Buffalo, NY @ Erie Basin Arena (WNED Festival)

Mon 6/17/02 - Albany, NY @ Northern Lights

Tue 6/18/02 - Asbury Park, NJ @ The Stone Pony (cancelled)

Sat 6/22/02 - Warsaw, POLAND @ Warsaw Summer Jazz Days Festival


Saturday, June 1, 2002

HeadFake (Will Calhoun and Doug Wimbish) featuring INTENSE from Schoolz of Thought

Cow House
809 Railroad Ave, Tallahassee, FL 32304
Telephone: 850-425-2697

Tickets: $10 advance / $12 door

Doors open at 9:30 pm
Show starts at 10:00 pm


Friday, May 24th, 2002

HeadFake (Will Calhoun and Doug Wimbish)
(featuring special guests)

Tagines
537 9th Avenue
Between 39th and 40th Street
N.Y.C.

Showtimes are 8 and 10pm (Downstairs)
Tickets: $10
Info and Reservations: 212-564-7292


Sunday, May 5th, 2002

A very special Spring Dinner Jazz Session with...

Will Calhoun Quintet

Featuring Stanley Jordan on guitar, Orrin Evans - piano, John Benitez - electric and acoustic bass, & Alex Foster - saxophones.

Hosted by WLIB Morning Queen - Anne Tripp, w/ special guest Kenrick George and Breakaway.

CARIB New York
435 North Ave.
New Rochelle, NY

For info call: 718-671-1600

Seats are limited -- First come first serve -- Doors open at 4pm

Tickets $45.00 adv., more at the door.


Sunday, April 28th, 2002

Mos Def featuring the Black Jack Johnson band (Will Calhoun, Doug Wimbish, Bernie Worrell and Dr. Know) at Coachella Music and Arts Festival.

Empire Polo Field
81-800 Avenue 51
Indio, California


Tue & Wed, April 9th & 10th, 2002

Will performs with dynamic vocalist/artist Sussan Deyhim at the Banlieues Bleues Festival, in Aubervilliers, France.

Theatre Zingaro
176 Ave. Jean Jaures
93300 Aubervilliers


Saturday, April 6th, 2002
(11pm/doors @ 9)
The Mahavishnu Project
David Sancious/Will Calhoun

The Comfort Zone
480 Spadina Ave (@ College)
Toronto, Ontario
www.comfortzoneto.com
(19+ over)
$15 (Canadian)


Friday, April 5th, 2002
8:30pm
The Mahavishnu Project
David Sancious/Will Calhoun

The Tralf
622 Main St
Buffalo NY
www.tralf.com
(16+ over)
$12 advance/$14 day of show


Thursday, April 4th, 2002
8:00pm
The Mahavishnu Project
David Sancious/Will Calhoun

Milestones Music Room
170 East Ave
Rochester NY 14604
(716)325-5880
www.milestonesmusicroom.com
(18+ over)
$12 advance/$14 day of show


Saturday, March 30th, 2002
8:00pm
The Mahavishnu Project
David Sancious/Will Calhoun/Doug Wimbish

Orion Sound Studios Progressive Music Series
2903 Whittington Ave
Baltimore MD
www.progrock.net
(All ages)
$15 advance/$17 day of show


Friday, March 29th, 2002
8:00pm
The Mahavishnu Project
David Sancious/Will Calhoun/Doug Wimbish

The Met Cafe
130 Union St
Providence RI
(401)861-2142
www.lupos.com
$15


Thursday, March 28th, 2002
9:00pm
The Mahavishnu Project
David Sancious/Will Calhoun/Doug Wimbish

Johnny D's
17 Holland St (Davis Square)
Somerville, MA
(617)776-2004
www.johnnyds.com
(21+ over)
$15


Sunday March 24th, 2002

Mos Def featuring the Black Jack Johnson band (Will Calhoun, Doug Wimbish, Bernie Worrell and Dr. Know) at NJ Performing Arts Center in Newark, NJ.

Tickets are $10 to $45.

Call New Jersey Performing Arts Center at (973) 642-0404 or (888) GO-NJPAC for tickets and travel information. NJPAC is accessible by PATH and New Jersey Transit. Take either to Penn Station in Newark and hop the NJPAC shuttle bus (look for the Purple Loop signs).


Saturday, March 23rd, 2002
7:30 & 10:30pm

An Incredible Double Bill

The Return of Fusion Innovator DAVID SANCIOUS keyboard, guitar
(of Sting/Stanley Clarke/Peter Gabriel/Clapton/Santana)
With: WILL CALHOUN - Drums
DOUG WIMBISH - Bass
(of Living Colour)

and

THE MAHAVISHNU PROJECT
featuring: Gregg Bendian - drums
Steve Hunt - keyboards
Pete McCain - guitar
Todd Reynolds - violin
Steve Crump - bass

The Bottom Line
15 W.4th St.(corner of Mercer St.)
NYC
212-228-6300
$15


Saturday, March 9th, 2002

Come and experience the solo-rhythmic, healing vibrations of
Will Calhoun's Drum Wave Experience

Will Calhoun is known for his ground breaking-Multi Platinum grooves with Living Colour, and tasteful musicality with Mick Jagger, Wayne Shorter, Pharaoh Sanders, Carly Simon, BB King, and recently Mos Def. Performing with Gnawa masters in Morocco, Aboriginal elders in the Out-Back of Australia, and Punta Rock musicians in Belize, just to name a few, Will has created his own percussive combination of ancestral healing-celebration grooves, by combining electronic and indigenous instruments... New sounds for a new day!

Live at The Open Center
83 Spring St. (between Broadway & Crosby St.)
212-219-2527-please call for accurate show times.


Wednesday, Feb. 6th, 2002

HAND MADE TECHNO

Jaron Lanier and Will Calhoun love electronic beats as much as anyone, but who had the idea that the machines should be allowed to play themselves? What if those electronic sounds were played by human hands? Will has already conquered rock ("Living Colour") and jazz ("Live at the BLue Note"), and now he masters electronic percussion. Jaron has conquered technology (virtual reality) and now plays he own eerie, soulful melodies on strange instruments instead of sampling the sounds of anonymous third world people. Come hear dance music played by people.

Live at Joe's Pub
425 Lafayette St (off of Astor Place), NYC
(212)539-8777

Show time 9:30pm

*** Click here for a note from Jaron re: the gig.

Friday, Feb. 1st, 2002

Will Calhoun Quintet
Featuring Stanley Jordan on guitar, Orrin Evans - piano, John Benitez - electric and acoustic bass, & Alex Foster - saxophones.

The Bottom Line
15 West 4th Street
corner of West 4th and Mercer.
New York City

212-228-6300

Doors open 6pm for 7:30 Show / 10pm for 10:30 Show

All Seats $20.00



Mos Def featuring the Black Jack Johnson band (Will Calhoun, Doug Wimbish, Bernie Worrell and Dr. Know) Jan. 2002 dates:


Fri 1/04/02 - Hollywood, CA @ House of Blues

Sat 1/05/02 - Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theater

Sun 1/06/02 - Denver, CO @ Paramount Theatre

Mon 1/07/02 - Omaha, NE @ Ranch Bowl

Tue 1/08/02 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue

Wed 1/09/02 - Chicago, IL @ Metro

*** Just added! ***
Wed 1/23/02 - New York City, NY @ The Bowery Ballroom

Click here to purchase tix.






DRUMWAVE EXPERIENCE
WILL CALHOUN Master Class/Solo Performance

Explore the sonic history of traditional drumming with the birth of technology. Drums can be used as the brain of sound, ambiance, story-telling, and connection to spirits. The class will take a personal look at rhythm, sound, frequency and how the history and future of drumming are interlaced...

Will Calhoun was introduced to the international music scene as the hard-driving drummer of the multi-platinum recording group LIVING COLOUR. Performing with the Gnawa masters in Morocco, Aboriginal elders in the Out-Back of Australia, and Punta rock musicians in Belize, Will has created his own percussive combination of electronics and acoustic-ancestral grooves.

"THE JIMI HENDRIX OF DRUMMING"

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