Eric Gravatt

American drummer

Eric Gravatt
Birth name	Eric Kamau Gravatt
Born	(1947-03-06) March 6, 1947 (age 77) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Genres	Jazz fusion, post bop
Occupation(s)	Musician educator Prison guard
Instrument(s)	Drums
Years active	1965–present
Labels	Columbia, ECM

Musical artist

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]

Discography

With Byard Lancaster

It's Not Up to Us (Vortex, 1966 [1968])

With Lloyd McNeill

Asha (1969)
Washington Suite (1970)

With Weather Report

I Sing the Body Electric (Columbia, 1972)
Live in Tokyo (Columbia, 1972)
Sweetnighter (Columbia, 1973)

With Julian Priester

Love, Love (ECM, 1973)

With Eddie Henderson

Inside Out (Capricorn, 1974)

With Joe Henderson

Canyon Lady (Milestone, 1975)

With McCoy Tyner

Focal Point (Milestone 1976)
Inner Voices (Milestone, 1977)

With Tony Hymas

Hope Street MN (nato, 2002)

References

^ ^a ^b Black Box interview with Eric Gravatt, 2009 (2009). "A realist of jazz, Eric Gravatt!". African American Registry. Archived from the original on July 27, 2017. Retrieved May 26, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "1619 Music Company". Retrieved February 4, 2011.
^ Allmusic credits