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Eric Kalb

Eric Kalb (born May 23 1970) is an American drummer and musician from New York

Biography

Southpaw drummer Eric Kalb is a versatile musician who enjoys playing groove based music. A devotee of R&B and Soul drumming, his improvisational aesthetic is colored by sudden bursts of rock aggression. Based in Brooklyn, New York, Eric is a multi-faceted studio and touring drummer whose “energetic and exhilarating style” (Jazz Times) keeps him in constant demand.

Over the course of his thirty year career Kalb has taken to both studio and stage with a dazzling cavalcade of influential and innovative artists. He’s laid it down hard for the supernatural force of Miss Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, the seven-string guitar wizardry of Charlie Hunter, beloved jazz guitarist John Scofield and organ legend Dr. Lonnie Smith; to name but a few. Hunter calls Kalb’s drumming “A funky Clyde Stubblefield/ Jabo Starks kinda way of relating (to Jazz) …really cool and refreshing“. His notable recording sessions include soundtracks for the major motion pictures “American Gangster” and “Walk Hard:The Dewey Cox Story“.

Kalb’s obsession with hitting things began in his tenth year growing up with his family on Long Island, when he picked up some drum sticks and discovered what those around him had long suspected – that God made him funky. Fueled by his love for the classic rock of Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones and The Beatles, Eric focused his energies into qualifying for a coveted position at The Cultural Arts Center in Syosset, NY. It was here, under the tutelage of the late Dave Burns Sr. that he was introduced to Jazz and it’s history as exemplified through Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie and James Moody. These influences formed the very bedrock of his style and guided the trajectory of his passion.

After high school Eric took a whirlwind trip through Berklee College of Music. Here he immersed himself in Latin music with the late Ed Uribe, learned through the soaring jazz drumming of John Ramsey and played with musicians from all over the world. Soon Eric was ready to leave the constraints of formal education and forge his own way ahead. Kalb formed Funk/Rock sensation Deep Banana Blackout shortly thereafter. The band scorched its way through the national live music scene, toured with the Allman Brothers and co-billed with Maceo Parker. They still reform yearly to the enraptured chants of a dedicated crowd of followers in the North East.

In May of 2012 Kalb was the drummer for a massive recreation of Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On concert at Kennedy Center in Washington DC. This concert featured John Legend, Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings and The National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Steven Reineke

Selected Discography

2022.  Lore   Lore  Drums

2020   Freelance Subversives    Will Bernard       Drums

2019   Live At Garcias   Eric Krasno Trio

2018   Blast Furnace  Scone Cash Players  Drums

2017   Mauch Chunk   Seth Walker

2016   Rhythm! The Impressions Drums

2015   Kiss Kiss  Caravan of Thieves  Percussion

2011   Love And War   Daniel Merriweather   Drums

2010   Gentlemen, I Neglected to Inform You You Will Not Be Getting Paid   Charlie Hunter  Drums

2009  The Electric Sound of Johnny Arrow    Cochemea Gastelum    Drums

2008  South New York    Michael Louis    Drums

2007   Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story [Original Soundtrack] John C Reilly ;Vocals  Drums

2007   American Gangster [Original Soundtrack]   Drums

2007   After All This Time   Peter Prince  Drums

2006   Groove on Up  Melvin Sparks. Drums

2005   Live 3/28/02, Athens, GA.  Club d'Elf   Drums, Composer

2005   Kinda Jazzy Kinda Funky, Vol. 2.  Drums

2004   It Is What It Is   Melvin Sparks  Main Personnel, Drums

2002  Release the GreaseDeep Banana Blackout. Drums

2001  High Times Presents Rip This Joint  Composer/Drums

2001  Feel the Peel. Deep Banana Blackout Composer

2000  Bump  John Scofield   DrumsKiss KissCaravan of ThievesPercussion

1999  Rowdy Duty   Deep Banana Blackout

1997  Live In The Thousand Islands  Deep Banana Blackout