Eric Revis (born May 31, 1967 in Los Angeles ) is an American jazz bassist.
At the age of fourteen Revis got an electric bass and learned the game on his own. After studying biology at Southern University for a year , he went to San Antonio / Texas , where he got to know jazz music and switched to acoustic bass. From 1991 to 1992 he studied with Ellis Marsalis , Harold Battiste and Victor Goines in New Orleans . Here he had the opportunity to play with musicians such as Brian Blade , Nicholas Payton , Chris Thomas, Mark Turner , Troy Davis , Peter Martin and Greg Tardy .
In 1994 Revis came to New York , where he became a member of Betty Carter's band. He also performed regularly with Kurt Rosenwinkel , Billy Harper , Aaron Parks , Louis Hays , Lionel Hampton , Tess Marsalis , Russell Gunn and others. In 1997 he met Branford Marsalis , to whose quartet he has belonged ever since. In 2004, Tales of the Stuttering Mime was released , his first album as a band leader.
Discography
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Full Circle with Sherman Irby , 1997
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Gunn Fu with Russell Gunn , 1997
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Music Evolution with Buckshot Lefonque , 1997
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Trap Dancer with Winard Harper , 1998
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Young Gunn Plus with Russell Gunn, 1998
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Citizen Tain with Jeff "Tain" Watts, 1999
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Requiem with Branford Marsalis, 1999
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Dark Grooves - Mystical Rhythms with James Hurt , 1999
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Winard with Winard Harper, 1999
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Love Requiem with Russell Gunn, 1999
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In Search Of ... with JD Allen III , 1999
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Love Stories with Frank McComb , 2000
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World Jazz with Lara & Reyes, 2000
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Smoking Gunn with Russell Gunn, 2000
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Contemporary Jazz with Branford Marsalis, 2000
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Art Of War with the Ralph Peterson Quintet, 2001
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Storytelling with Joe Locke , 2001
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Bar talk with Jeff "Tain" Watts, 2002
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Footsteps Of Our Fathers with Branford Marsalis, 2002
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Blue on the DL with Russell Gunn, 2002
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Meant To Shine with Orrin Evans , 2002
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Romare Bearden Revealed with Branford Marsalis, 2003
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Tales of The Stuttering Mime with JD Allen , Duane Eubanks . Orrin Evans , Oz Noy , Yosvany Terry , Jeff Tain Watts , Grégoire Maret , Doug Wamble , Khalil Kwame Bell , Sherman Irby , Ricky Gordon , Myron Walden , Erik Carlson , Pat Done , Nadia Sirota , Clarice Jensen , 2004
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Creation with Branford Marsalis, 2004
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Sing Me Some Cry , CleanFeed, 2017
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Jason Stein , Greg Ward , Eric Revis, Jim Black : Nature Work , 2019
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