eric gravatt with mc coy tyner band in the 70'

[tophatjohnny]

Eric is a good person, more than anything!! One of the nicer prison guards anyway!!

[drumbs]

THIS IS DRUM ARCHITECTURE .... IF FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT PLAYED DRUMS , HE WOULD OF LISTENED HARD TO MR. ERIC GRAVATT.....WHEW !

I'M TALKIN "ABLE TO LEAP BUILDINGS" IN A SINGLE GROOVE.......

[Cody15241]

I met Eric in 1968 in Northwest, Washington D.C. I at that time was but a child, but he impacted my life as he actually taught my brother to play drums during those years while working as a drumming instructor at a Arts facility called the "New Thing" on 18th Street. All these years later I still remember him as being a very kind and determined teacher. I remember him also dabbling with the Xalophone too. After many years I want to just say, thank you Eric.

[hughenmatt]

November 11 1976 Turin, Italy 26 min (6tet R.Bridgewater,J.Ford,C.Frambur­g,E.Gravat,G.Franco

[42ndfloor]

Just saw Eric with McCoy and Ravi Coltrane at Lincoln Center, he still kicks ass and he's refined his playing over the years.....now he kicks refined ass. One of the best alive for sure

[AS5A]

YES! Eric Gravatt and his vertical ride cymbal. I dig his playing on McCoys' Focal Point album!

[manguy47]

Yea i know hes still playing but hes also teaching too! hes actually teaching a jazz band that im in right now and first hand he is amazing!

[dmii74]

Superb!

[kapikpai]

good to know he is still playing hard , he is one of the greatest fusion drummers and very under rated guy .

[kapikpai]

great drummer , shame he left the profession to become a jail warden but yes - this is the way to play cross over of jazz and rock music and it's for sure doesn't sound like the elevator fusion music and today .

KAPI ROCK

[tjallingbeestbeest]

Eric gravatt is still playing, i saw him play 5 days ago with mccoy tyner in den haag, holland, it was great by the way...

[papapinguin]

Very inspiring!!

[epersonmusic]

That gives me chills. Utterly fantastic!

[fregot]

Yeah! He's dangerous and actually played in Sly and the Family Stone for a while too!

[memzehni]

...didn't know that...!

[hotlanta71]

this is pretty sick

[LippDog]

Astonishing player - -great in weather report, great with mccoy - - just all around brilliant --

[SqueakySpeedKing]

Master!