Eric Harland

Eric Harland (born November 8, 1978) is an American jazz drummer.

In addition to leading his own group, Harland has performed with many renowned artists including Wynton Marsalis, McCoy Tyner, Joe Henderson, Joshua Redman, Ravi Coltrane, Kenny Garrett, Dave Holland, Charles Lloyd, Michael Brecker, Terence Blanchard, Walter Smith III, Chris Potter, Aaron Parks, Aaron Goldberg, Taylor Eigsti, Julian Lage, Kurt Rosenwinkel, John Patitucci, and Zakir Hussain.

He was also a member of the SFJAZZ Collective from 2005 to 2012.

Biography
Harland began his professional career in 1993 playing locally in Houston, Texas as he finished high school at the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, where many notable performers have studied. Harland won first chair in 1992-93 with the Regional and All State Texas Jazz Band. He received a special Citation for Outstanding Musicianship in 1994 from the International Association of Jazz Educators. During a workshop in high school, Wynton Marsalis encouraged Harland to study in New York City.

After graduation he attended the Manhattan School of Music with a full scholarship in their music program. After music school he went on to study Theology at Houston Baptist University (College of Biblical Studies) and was subsequently ordained as a Minister.

Harland has been featured on over 80 recordings with various artists. Among these recordings, Let's Get Lost and Wandering Moon (Terence Blanchard), Back East (Joshua Redman), and Land Of Giants (McCoy Tyner) were nominated for Grammy Awards. With Terence Blanchard and Spike Lee, Harland has performed in 18 motion picture movie scores including The Caveman's Valentine, Original Sin, People I Know, and Dark Blue.

In Down Beat's 65th Annual Readers Poll, Harland was included on the short list of world's most recognized drummers along with Elvin Jones and Roy Haynes. He also won the 2008 and 2009 Critics Polls for Rising Star on the Drums. Harland was featured in the September 2002 and November 2009 issues of Modern Drummer.

Harland released his debut album, Voyager: Live By Night in late 2010. It features Walter Smith III, Taylor Eigsti, Julian Lage, and Harish Raghavan.

Endorsements
Harland currently plays Yamaha drums, Zildjian cymbals, Remo drumheads and Vic Firth sticks.

As Leader

 * Voyager: Live By Night

As Sideman
With Charles Lloyd With Aaron Parks With Taylor Eigsti With Chris Potter With Walter Smith III With McCoy Tyner With The Monterey Quartet With Terence Blanchard With Dave Holland With Joshua Redman With Kenny Garrett With The 3 Cohens With Jimmy Greene With Joel Weiskopf With John Swana With Aaron Goldberg With Kurt Rosenwinkel With Edward Simon With Greg Osby With The SFJAZZ Collective With Dayne Stephens With Zhenya Strigalev '''With Stefano di Battista
 * Jumping The Creek
 * Sangam
 * Rabo de Nube
 * Mirror
 * Athens Concert
 * Invisible Cinema
 * ''Let It Come To You"
 * ''Daylight At Midnight"
 * The Sirens (ECM, 2013) with Craig Taborn, David Virelles and Larry Grenadier
 * Casually Introducing Walter Smith lll
 * III
 * Land of Giants
 * Live at the 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival
 * Let's Get Lost
 * Wandering Moon
 * Bounce
 * Pass It On
 * Back East
 * James Farm
 * Standard Of Language
 * Braid
 * Gift and Givers
 * True Life Stories
 * "Mission Statement"
 * Devoted To You
 * On Target
 * Tuning Point
 * Unfolding
 * Worlds
 * Home
 * The Remedy
 * The Process
 * "Inner Circle"
 * Further Ado
 * SF Jazz Collective Live 2005
 * SF Jazz Collective Live 2006
 * SF Jazz Collective Live 2007
 * SF Jazz Collective Live 2008
 * SF Jazz Collective Live 2009
 * "SF Jazz Collective Live 2010"
 * "SF Jazz Collective Live 2011"
 * The Timeless Now
 * Smiling Organizm
 * ''Trouble Shootin'

Filmography

 * Bo Jangles
 * Bamboozled
 * Original Sin
 * People I Know
 * The Caveman's Valentine
 * Dark Blue
 * Pig Hunt