Eric Harland

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Eric Harland

Eric Harland Du'sean (* 8. November 1978 in Houston , Texas ) is an American jazz - drummer .

Live and act

After his training at the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, he was still performing on site, Wynton Marsalis noticed him at a workshop and he received a scholarship at the Manhattan School of Music in New York . He then studied theology at the Houston Baptist University (College of Biblical Studies) and is a pastor.

Harland played with several of the M-Base artists such as Greg Osby , Geri Allen , Jason Moran and Ravi Coltrane and performed in concerts with artists such as McCoy Tyner , Betty Carter , Dave Holland and Charles Lloyd ; with the latter he worked in the Trio Sangam with the tabla player Zakir Hussain. Eric Harland is a member of the SFJAZZ Collective and appeared on Aaron Park's Blue Note debut album Invisible Cinema . In the 65th annual Down Beat Readers Survey, he appeared in the list of the best drummers along with old masters like Roy Haynes and Elvin Jones . He has also worked on recordings for Terence Blanchard ( Wandering Moon , 1999), Liberty Ellman , Stefon Harris ( Black Action Figure 1999), Kenny Garrett , Rigmor Gustafsson , Mark Shim , Brett Sroka, John Swana , Gregory Tardy and the SFJazz Collective . Eric Harland has recorded 18 film scores with Terence Blanchard.

The New York Times ruled that "it sets the rhythm for the future of jazz".

Discographic notes

  • Land of Giants (2003) with McCoy Tyner, Bobby Hutcherson, Charnett Moffett
  • Sangam (2004) with Charles Lloyd, Zakir Hussain
  • Live at the 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival (2007)
  • Voyager (2010)

Web links

Commons : Eric Harland  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b His homepage
  2. ↑ JazzTimes presentation by Eric Harland ( Memento of the original from January 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 26, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / jazztimes.com
personal data
SURNAME Harland, Eric
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Harland, Eric Du'sean (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz drummer
DATE OF BIRTH November 8, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Houston , Texas