“Native Lands” (2005)

Native Lands by Will Calhoun

Drum master Will Calhoun presents a far reaching mix of jazz, world & urban music featuring:

  • Pharoah Sanders
  • Mos Def
  • Stanley Jordan
  • Kevin Eubanks
  • Marcus Miller
  • Buster Williams
  • Naná Vasconcelos
  • Cheick Tidiane Seck
  • Wallace Roney
  • Antoine Roney
  • Orrin Evans
  • John Benítez
  • Gregg Marret
Frame from 'Native Lands' - Push
Frame from 'Native Lands' - Deep

The Native Lands package includes a DVD produced by Charles Kliment and Will Calhoun, executive produced by Rob Freda, featuring over ninety minutes of music videos and documentary materials that chronicle the last ten years of Will’s life and travels.

Check out more frames from the DVD’s music videos:

Frame from 'Native Lands' - Deep
Frame from 'Native Lands' - Push
Frame from 'Native Lands' - Tagine
Frame from 'Native Lands' - Amara

Track List

  1. Afro Blue (Mongo Santamaria)
    Pharoah Sanders Tenor Sax, Buster Williams Acoustic Bass, Wallace Roney Trumpet, Orrin Evans Piano, Will Calhoun Drums
  2. Pyramids (Will Calhoun, Kevin Eubanks, Wallace Roney)
    Pharoah Sanders Tenor Sax, Kevin Eubanks Guitar & Loops, Wallace Roney Trumpet, Antoine Roney Soprano Sax, Will Calhoun Drums, Drum Programming & Loops
  3. Naked (Will Calhoun)
    Pharoah Sanders Tenor Sax, Will Calhoun Drums, Drum Programming, Bass & Keyboards
  4. Nefertiti (Wayne Shorter)
    Pharoah Sanders Tenor Sax, Wallace Roney Trumpet, John Benítez Bass, Orrin Evans Piano, Will Calhoun Drums, Loops & Sonic Textured Ambience
  5. Ancient One First Born (Tateich Calhoun)
    Tateich Calhoun Drums (Age Two)
  6. Tateich (Will Calhoun)
    Wallace Roney Trumpet, Marcus Miller Bass, Will Calhoun Acoustic Flange Drums, Loops & Keyboards
  7. Umoja (Will Calhoun)
    Pharoah Sanders Tenor Sax, Buster Williams Acoustic Bass, Cheikh Tidiane Seck Strings, Wallace Roney Trumpet, Orrin Evans Piano, Will Calhoun Nigerian Udu Drum
  8. Emanation (Will Calhoun)
    Will Calhoun Drums, Loops, Bass, Keyboards & Piano
  9. She (Will Calhoun)
    Will Calhoun Acoustic Guitar & Pandiero
  10. Three Card Molly (Elvin Jones)
    Antoine Roney Soprano Sax, John Benítez Bass, Will Calhoun Drums
  11. Push (Will Calhoun, Stanley Jordan)
    Stanley Jordan Guitar, Will Calhoun Drums, Drum Programming, Loops, Bass, Indonesian Flute & Ambient Sonics
  12. Dorita (Will Calhoun)
    Gregg Marret Harmonica, John Benítez Bass, Orrin Evans Electric Piano, Will Calhoun Drums
  13. East (Will Calhoun, Mos Def)
    Mos Def Piano, Will Calhoun Drums
  14. Native Lands (Will Calhoun, Naná Vasconcelos)
    Naná Vasconcelos Shakers, Glass Udu Drum, Hand Drums, Bells, Voice & Indigenous Percussion, Will Calhoun Drums (with brushes), Wave Drum, Loops, Native American Double Bell Flute & Electronic Percussion
  15. Echoes of Elvin (Will Calhoun)
    Will Calhoun Drums

All tracks produced and arranged by Will Calhoun except ‘Dorita’, arranged by Orrin Evans and John Bentez. All tracks recorded by Andy Stackpole at Harmolodic Studios, Harlem except for ‘Native Lands’, recorded by Adelmo Tenrio and Marcelo Munari at Unisom, Recife, Brazil. Basic tracks for ‘Naked’ and ‘Tateich’ recorded by Nick Kupfer at Jaguar Studios, Bern, Switzerland. Additional overdubs recorded by Vincent Thearad at Pop Corn Studios, Paris, France. Mixed by Fran Flannery with Will Calhoun at Longview Farm Studios. Mastered by Laurie Flannery at Gateway Mastering. Executive Producers: Steve Bensusan, Jeff Levenson, Robert Freda and Charles Kliment.

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