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Eric Harland

Born: November 8, 1976

Eric Harland is the most “In demand drummer” of his generation. He has already been on close to 400 recordings and multiple film scores at his age of 40. Eric has been recognized in the Boston Globe, New York Times, JazzTimes, Modern Drummer, All About Jazz, The New Yorker, DownBeat, L’uomo Vogue and other prominent publications. It has been his privilege to share the stage with masters such as Betty Carter, Joe Henderson, MyCoy Tyner, Michael Brecker, Terence Blanchard, Branford and Wynton Marsalis, Wayne Shorter, Savion Glover, SFJAZZ Collective and many others, as well as todays up and coming artist like Esperanza Spalding, Jane Monheit, Taylor Eigsti, Julian Lage, Stacie Orrico, Robert Glasper and so on

Lonely Man and His Fish

By Yelena Eckemoff

Label: L&H Production
Released: 2023
Track listing: CD 1: Lonely Man; Pet Store; First Evening at Home; Breakfast for Two; Man and His Fish; Accident; In Hospital. CD 2: Into the Wild; Life in the Pond; Survivor; Empty House; Song for Spark; Call of Friendship; Dreaming Together.

Renewing the Legacy: The Day 2 Musical Odyssey at the Newport Jazz Festival

by Dave Kaufman
October 3, 2023

Day 1 | Day 2 | Part 3 The first day at the Newport showcased a multitude of performers who could be described as “beyond jazz" or “jazz adjacent." Their performances were greeted enthusiastically, and they added a palpable energy and a festive vibe. In the last two days of the festival, the balance ...

Yelena Eckemoff: Lonely Man and His Fish

by Dan McClenaghan
April 18, 2023

A Moscow-raised, classically-trained pianist, Yelena Eckemoff made the move to the United States in 1991, after being bitten by the jazz bug via a Dave Brubeck concert she attended in Moscow in 1987. In 2010, after settling with her family in rural North Carolina, she released Cold Sun (L & H Records), a trio outing featuring ...

Jimmy Greene: Gifts and Givers

by C. Andrew Hovan
March 12, 2023

The two-tenor battle is not a new idea, with iconic pairings from the jazz pantheon running the gamut from Dexter Gordon and Wardell Gray to Eddie “Lockjaw" Davis and Johnny Griffin. In more recent times, Eric Alexander and Grant Stewart have fueled the fire with their own incendiary adventures as heard on the current albums Wailin' ...

Dave Holland Trio Live At Yoshi's

by Roy Strassman
March 11, 2023

Dave Holland Trio Yoshi's jny: Oakland, CA February 20, 2023 The David Holland trio swung into Yoshi's in Oakland after kicking off the initial week of its present tour at NYC's Village Vanguard. His trio during this stint consisted of the notable musicians Kevin Eubanks on guitar and Eric Harland ...

Same Moon in the Same World

Label: Outside in Music
Released: 2022
Track listing: Outliers; Haven't Meta Yet; Low Glow; Third; Chrysalis; Vivid; Salvo; Don't Wait Too Long; After The Rain

Gifts & Sacrifices

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2022

November 2022

by Pat Youngspiel
November 17, 2022

Ayanda Sikade Umakhulu Afrosynth Records 2022 There's both a satisfying sense of ease and a certain expressive urgency to the catchy melodies that South African drummer Ayanda Sikade spins around the minimally designed, extensively repeating structures on Umakhulu. Take the bluesy gospel concept behind opener “Medantsane" for example: Simon ...

Dial H for Hitchcock

by Peter Jones
November 5, 2022

When we meet in a South London pub, tenor saxophonist Alex Hitchcock mentions that he has a rehearsal the next day with the bassist Jasper Høiby for which he needs to learn about an hour of new music. It's for one gig, which is at the weekend. “So it's in at the deep end—quite exciting." If ...