Talk:Eric Gravatt
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When you say "unsourced BLP" .. the Weather Report page has sources, as does the McCoy Tyner page. I wish people were as quick to try to dig up a source as to propose deletion. dfrankow (talk) 19:29, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
And when you say "no indication of individual notability" .. how many world-class musicians does one have to play with before one is individually notable? dfrankow (talk) 19:32, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
- You have to be notable in and of yourself. Notability isn't contagious. Just playing with people that are notable doesn't make you notable. Travelbird (talk) 21:27, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
- I see. After reading more, it looks like notability is in terms of verifiable mainstream media sources. dfrankow (talk) 00:54, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
Further evidence of notability:
Wayne Shorter on Gravatt[1]:
- Eric was the one. Miles wanted him, but he came with us in Weather Report.
Terry Bozzio on Gravatt[1]:
- The first time I saw Eric play was at the Keystone Corner in San Francisco, and seeing him play changed my life. There isn't — and maybe never will be — anyone who plays drums with that much intensity.
Josef Zawinul on Gravatt[2] (see Weather Report)[3]:
- From the jazz side, Eric Gravatt was my favorite of them all.
From "jazz police":[4]
- A "truly international figure of jazz"
A profile in the "African American Registry".[5]
References
- ^ a b http://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Eric_Kamau_Gravatt.html
- ^ Woodard, Josef, "Weather Report: Storm Surge," Down Beat, January 2001, pp. 22-28.
- ^ http://jazz-rock.com/artists-joe.html
- ^ http://www.jazzpolice.com/content/view/7329/87/
- ^ http://aaregistry.org/historic_events/view/realist-jazz-eric-gravatt