Will Calhoun (born July 22, 1964, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American drummer graduated with honors from Berklee College of Music. He is best known as the drummer for the heavy metal band Living Colour. He has also played with Jungle Funk and HeadFake , recorded several jazz albums as a leader, and has appeared as a sideman with a diverse group of acclaimed artists, including Mick Jagger, Pharoah Sanders, B.B. King, Herb Alpert, and Mos Def. July 22 is the 203rd day (204th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 162 days remaining. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Brooklyn (named for the Dutch city Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. ... Official language(s) None Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  Ranked 27th  - Total 54,520 sq mi (141,205 km²)  - Width 285 miles (455 km)  - Length 330 miles (530 km)  - % water 13. ... A drummer at practice A drummer is a musician who plays the drums, particularly the drum kit, marching percussion, or hand drums. ... Berklee College of Music, founded in 1945, is an independent music college in Boston, Massachusetts with many prominent faculty, staff, alumni, and visiting artists. ... Living Colour is a hard rock group formed in New York city in 1984 by African American musicians. ... This article or section needs additional references or sources to improve its verifiability. ... Reggie Workman, Pharoah Sanders, and Idris Muhammad, c. ... Riley B. King aka B. B. King (b. ... Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass debut album, The Lonely Bull. ... Mos Def (born Dante Terrell Smith on December 11, 1973) is a critically acclaimed rapper and actor. ...

Calhoun's drumming incorporates many different stylistic influences and various augmenting technologies. With Living Colour, he was one of the first drummers to blend advanced funk and fusion techniques with elements of hard rock and thrash metal. More recently he has integrated drum n bass grooves, ethnic percussion and sampling into his playing. He is a very physical player, with a broad vocabulary from extremely precise grooves to more freeform avant-funk and jazz approaches. He is also an avid user of the Korg Wavedrum, which allows him to integrate banks of effects (including guitar pedals and other effects not typically associated with percussion instruments) into a single drum. Drum and bass (drum n bass, DnB) is an electronic music style. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... Korg Corporation is a Japanese multinational corporation that manufactures electronic musical instruments. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Will is also a photographer.

External links

• Official site
• Will Calhoun @ Myspace
• Head>>Fake site
• Living Colour semi-official blog
• Living Colour official site