Eric Harland

Born in Houston, Texas, in 1976, Eric Harland established himself from the 1990s in American jazz as a drummer and later as a leader, with a playing style that articulates post‑bop, modern swing, open improvisation and more fluid rhythms that sometimes borrow from contemporary music. Trained at the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston and then at the Manhattan School of Music, Harland began playing professionally very early before settling into the New York circuit. His trajectory includes central groups of the recent jazz scene, notably Charles Lloyd’s quartet, Dave Holland’s Prism, James Farm with Joshua Redman, Aaron Parks and Matt Penman, and the SFJAZZ Collective between 2005 and 2012. Eric Harland has also played with McCoy Tyner, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Chris Potter, Julian Lage, Terence Blanchard, Ravi Coltrane and Taylor Eigsti. As a leader, his discography includes Voyager: Live by Night (2011), Vipassana (2014) and 13th Floor (2018), three albums that extend this flexible and dense approach to rhythm, attentive to the flow between composition and collective interaction. Harland has also contributed to several film scores alongside Terence Blanchard.

upcoming events 1

NN North Sea Jazz Festival - Vrijdag Dagkaart
Concert

NN North Sea Jazz Festival - Vrijdag Dagkaart

  • Fri, July 10
  • Rotterdam Ahoy
  • Sienna Spiro, Jalen Ngonda, Diana Krall, Bilal, The Isley Brothers, The Roots, Asaf Avidan, Jon Batiste, Robert Glasper, LA LOM, KOKOROKO, Snarky Puppy, Metropole Orkest, Esperanza Spalding, Cécile Mclorin Salvant, Joshua Redman, Chris Potter, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Kenny Barron, Eric Harland, Vijay Iyer, Gallowstreet, Wadada Leo Smith, Grace Bowers & The Hodge Podge, Yuri Honing, Steve Coleman

past events 3

Nov 17, 2016
from Dec 15, 2015 to Dec 16, 2015
from Jul 22, 2015 to Jul 23, 2015