Results for "Eric Kamau Gravatt"

Eric Kamau Gravatt

Jazz Drummer Saw Career Fade; Now He's Back

January 13, 2008

Eric Kamau Gravatt made do as prison guard for 20 years At age 21, Eric Kamau Gravatt was McCoy Tyner's drummer, one of the most coveted jobs a jazz musician could hope to get. After 20 years of working as a prison guard, he's back behind the kit -- again as Tyner's drummer. “My career started ...

Eric Kamau Gr

by Russ Musto
September 15, 2006

“I'd like like to go out in a blaze of glory. If the drum set catches fire one day while I'm playing, I will have achieved my purpose, Eric Kamau Grávátt says with a hearty laugh from his home in Minneapolis, where he has resided for the better part of the last three decades. “For the ...

The Complete Muse Recordings

By Dom Um Romao

Label: 32 Records
Released: 1999
Track listing: Dom's Tune, Cravo E Canela, Family Talk, Ponteio, Braun-Blek-Blu, Adeus Maria Fulo, Ginga Gingou, Wait on the Corner, Lamento Negro, Highway, The Angels, The Salvation Army, Cosinha

I Sing The Body Electric

By Weather Report

Label: Columbia Records
Released: 1972
Track listing: Unknown Soldier; The Moors; Crystal; Second Sunday in August; Medley: Vertical Invader / T.H. / Dr. Honoris Causa; Surucucú; Directions

Weather Report Live In Tokyo

By Weather Report

Label: Columbia Records
Released: 1972