Eric Harland
The story of jazz drummer extraordinaire Eric Du'sean Harland, a first-call player of the decade from 2000 onward, is one filled with courage, persistence, and fortitude. Born in Houston, Texas, in 1978, he is the nephew of Houston vocalist Leo Polk. An extremely overweight teenager, he was a target of cruel children, mean-spirited teachers, and at times, family members. His religious mother, believing she had seen a vision when he was born, was convinced that Eric was the messiah-in-waiting. She took him to voodoo priests and witch doctors to confirm her expectations. Harland found acceptance in music, learning orchestra percussion, and at age 14 idolizing Elvin Jones. At home, he would lock himself in his room, playing along with John Coltrane's A Love Supreme and recordings by Jeff Watts, Jack DeJohnette, Dave Weckl, and Steve Gadd. He began his professional career in 1993 playing locally, and finished high school at Houston's High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. Harland won first chair in 1992-1993 with the regional and state jazz band. He met Wynton Marsalis at a school workshop, and the trumpeter encouraged the young drummer to continue his jazz studies in New York City.
Harland went on to the Manhattan School of Music with a full scholarship -- but upon collapsing from exhaustion and self-starvation in 1996, Harland returned to his home in Texas to recharge his physical and spiritual batteries, and studied theology at Houston Baptist University to become an ordained minister. Upon his return to N.Y.C., and losing a considerable amount of weight, Harland found himself in demand, working with Marsalis, Terence Blanchard, Stefon Harris, Joe Henderson, and especially Betty Carter, who he accompanied until her death in 1998. Other collaborations represent a virtual and exhaustive who's who of modern jazz, including Greg Osby, Joshua Redman, Geri Allen, Kenny Garrett, Michael Brecker, Jason Moran, John Patitucci, Ravi Coltrane, Jimmy Greene, Mark Shim, Gregory Tardy, Rodney Jones, Mark Sherman, Aaron Goldberg, Joel Weiskopf, Stefano di Battista, Brett Sroka, Jacky Terrasson, John Swana, Edward Simon, Liberty Ellman, Kathy Kosins, and Zakir Hussein. Harland has also participated in high-profile tours and recordings with McCoy Tyner; the Dave Holland ensemble and big band; the SF Jazz Collective with Redman, Miguel Zenón, Nicholas Payton, and Bobby Hutcherson; and, most prominently, the Charles Lloyd Quartet. Harland has played on numerous motion picture soundtracks, and unbelievably, with his substantial weight loss, pursues a sidebar career in modeling. In 2010, Harland released the album Voyager: Live by Night. A year later, he appeared on the album James Farm with saxophonist Joshua Redman.
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Where The River Goes
Wolfgang Muthspiel, Ambrose Akinmusire, Brad Mehldau, Larry Grenadier, Eric Harland
Jazz - Released by ECM Records on 5 okt. 2018
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
City Folk (MQ Stereo)
Joshua Redman, Aaron Parks, Matt Penman, Eric Harland
Jazz - Released by Nonesuch on 24 okt. 2014
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Volume One
Aaron Parks, Matt Brewer, Eric Harland
Jazz - Released by Ahem on 4 apr. 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Rabo De Nube
Charles Lloyd, Jason Moran, Reuben Rogers, Eric Harland
Jazz - Released by ECM Records on 7 mrt. 2008
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Rabo De Nube (Live)
Charles Lloyd, Jason Moran, Reuben Rogers, Eric Harland
Jazz - Released by ECM Records on 7 mrt. 2008
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Volume Two
Aaron Parks, Matt Brewer, Eric Harland
Jazz - Released by Ahem on 6 jun. 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Close Your Eyes
Lionel Loueke, Reuben Rogers, Eric Harland
Jazz - Released by Sounderscore Inc. on 22 okt. 2021
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Sangam
Charles Lloyd, Zakir Hussain, Eric Harland
Jazz - Released by ECM Records on 4 apr. 2006
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Live in Manhattan - A Tribute to John Coltrane
Eric Harland, Taylor Eigsti, Chris Potter
Jazz - Released by GSI Records on 5 okt. 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
James Farm
Joshua Redman, Aaron Parks, Matt Penman, Eric Harland
Jazz - Released by Nonesuch on 22 apr. 2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Land Of Giants
McCoy Tyner, Bobby Hutcherson, Charnett Moffett, Eric Harland
Jazz - Released by Telarc on 24 jun. 2003
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Cimbalom Unlimited
Miklós Lukács, Larry Grenadier, Eric Harland
Jazz - Released by BMC Records on 9 dec. 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Smile
Jacky Terrasson, Sean Smith, Eric Harland
Pop - Released by Blue Note Records on 1 jan. 2002
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Voyager : Live By Night
Jazz - Released by Sunnyside on 24 sep. 2010
4F de Télérama16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Devoted To You
Joel Weiskopf, John Patitucci, Eric Harland
Jazz - Released by Criss Cross Jazz on 25 mei 2007
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Process
Edward Simon, John Patitucci, Eric Harland
Jazz - Released by Criss Cross Jazz on 25 jan. 2003
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Voyager Live by Night
Jazz - Released by Space Time Records on 24 sep. 2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Footprints
Lionel Loueke, Reuben Rogers, Eric Harland
Jazz - Released by Sounderscore Inc. on 10 sep. 2021
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo