Eric Gravatt

Eric Kamau Grávátt (born March 6, 1947) is a jazz drummer from Philadelphia.[1] He has played with McCoy Tyner, Joe Henderson, Weather Report, Byard Lancaster, Dom Um Romão.[2] He was a member of Weather Report from 1972–1974.[1][3]

Eric Gravatt
Birth nameEric Kamau Gravatt
Born (1947-03-06) March 6, 1947
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
GenresJazz fusion, post bop
Occupation(s)Musician
educator
Prison guard
InstrumentsDrums
Years active1965–present
LabelsColumbia, ECM
Associated actsWeather Report

Discography

With Byard Lancaster

With Lloyd McNeill

  • Asha (1969)
  • Washington Suite (1970)

With Weather Report

With Julian Priester

With Eddie Henderson

With Joe Henderson

With McCoy Tyner

With Tony Hymas

  • Hope Street MN (nato, 2002)
gollark: Is "finger" a metaphor for "things which are not actually fingers"?
gollark: I'm not looking at any fingers. Except possibly my own, since they are in front of me when I use a keyboard. Unless you count the kermit's in the thumbnail.
gollark: > the idea that we need to do better than someone else at what they did to get more recognition or money than themI mean, you don't, you can do... different things, if people prefer them.
gollark: Although I only ever ended up writing something like one nontrivial Rust program.
gollark: I mostly end up thinking the same thing, which is why my complex stuff is primarily done in TypeScript, but for things when performance matters I do use Rust.

References
  1. Black Box interview with Eric Gravatt, 2009 (2009). "A realist of jazz, Eric Gravatt!". African American Registry. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
  2. "1619 Music Company". 1619 Music Company. Retrieved February 4, 2011.
  3. Allmusic credits


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