Eric Harland
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Biography
[Edit]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. ~ Michael G. Nastos, Rovi
Title: Live At The 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival
Artist: Dave Holland, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Eric Harland, Chris Potter, Monterey Quartet
Genre: Jazz
Title: On Target
Artist: Eric Harland, John Patitucci, Jesse Van Ruller, John Swana Quartet
Genre: Jazz
Title: Rabo de Nube (Live)
Artist: Eric Harland, CHARLES LLOYD, Jason Moran, Reuben Rogers
Title: Enjoy Jazz 2016 (Bootleg) (Maxi-Single)
Artist: Aziza, Chris Potter, Lionel Loueke, Eric Harland, Dave Holland
Genre: Contemporary Jazz, Bop
Title: Where the River Goes
Artist: Brad Mehldau, Eric Harland, Wolfgang Muthspiel, Ambrose Akinmusire, Larry Grenadier
Genre: Jazz
Title: Inner Circle
Artist: Greg Osby, Eric Harland, Stefon Harris, Tarus Mateen, Jason Morgan
Genre: Jazz, Avant Garde Jazz
Title: Gifts and Givers
Artist: Eric Harland, Jimmy Greene, Mike Moreno, Marcus Strickland, Reuben Rogers, Danny Grissett
Genre: Jazz
Title: True Life Stories
Artist: Eric Harland, Jimmy Greene, Jeremy Pelt, Xavier Davis, Reuben Rogers
Genre: Jazz
Collections
Title: GSI Sessions, Vol. I: Limitless
Genre: Electronica, Jazz
Title: Lars Danielsson Edition
Genre: Jazz
Title: Telarc SACD Jazz Sampler, Vol. 3
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Passion Of Charlie Parker 2017
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: Indo-Jazz Essentials
Genre: Jazz
Title: Post-Bop Essentials
Genre: Jazz