Gavin Harrison
| Gavin Harrison | |
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| Background information | |
| Born |
May 28, 1963 Harrow, Middlesex, England |
| Genres | Progressive rock, jazz fusion, experimental music, rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Drums, percussion, tap guitar |
| Years active | 1979–present |
| Labels | Lava, Roadrunner, Atlantic |
| Associated acts | Porcupine Tree, King Crimson, OSI |
| Website |
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Gavin Harrison (born in May 28, 1963)[1] is an English drummer and percussionist. He is best known for playing with the British progressive rock bands Porcupine Tree and King Crimson. His influences come from his father's jazz collection and from drummers such as Steve Gadd[2] and Jeff Porcaro.
Career
Gavin started to work professionally in 1979. In 1983–84 he toured as a member of Renaissance. He worked as a freelance session drummer on records and tours for the following artists: Incognito, Lisa Stansfield, Lewis Taylor, Artful Dodger, Paul Young, Iggy Pop, Level 42, Porcupine Tree, OSI, King Crimson, Shooter, Dizrhythmia,The Kings Of Oblivion, Sam Brown, Tom Robinson, Go West, Black, Gail Ann Dorsey, B J Cole, Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin, Nathan East, Yasuaki Shimizu, Camouflage, Kevin Ayers, Claudio Baglioni, Franco Battiato, Chizuko Yoshihiro, Jakko, Richard Barbieri, Mick Karn, Eros Ramazzotti, Devogue.
In 2002 he joined Porcupine Tree.
In 2007 Gavin began a long term collaboration with singer/extended range bass player 05Ric which led to the release of three CDs, Drop (2007), Circles (2009) and The Man Who Sold Himself (2012).
In 2008, Gavin joined King Crimson as part of a dual-drummer line-up with Pat Mastelotto. Gavin played a number of shows in the United States in August with the band.
On 23 August 2011 he was a featured performer on the 'Late Show with David Letterman' as part of their second "Drum Solo Week", along with such players as Stewart Copeland, Neil Peart, and Dennis Chambers.
As of September 2014, Harrison plays live in the new seven-member formation of King Crimson, as one of the three drummers.
Awards
He won the Modern Drummer magazine readers' poll for "best progressive drummer of the year" consecutively from 2007–2010 and again in 2016. He won "Best Prog Drummer" in DRUM USA magazine 2011. He is the featured cover story on Modern Drummer January 2009. Rolling Stone Magazine polls rate him as the third best drummer in the past 25 years. Best Prog Drummer 2011 & 2012 in Prog Magazine. In 2014, Modern Drummer magazine placed Gavin in the Top 50 Greatest Drummers of all Time.
Publications
Harrison has authored two instructional drum books entitled Rhythmic Illusions and Rhythmic Perspectives. He also wrote and produced his own instructional DVDs, Rhythmic Visions and Rhythmic Horizons, at his home studio. 2010 saw the release of Rhythmic Designs, a book of transcriptions by Terry Branam, and a 3-hour DVD of Gavin's explanations and demonstrations. It won 'Best in Show' at the summer NAMM show in the USA. 2014 sees the release of Rhythmic Compositions a book of 20 detailed drum transcriptions (by Terry Branam) of recorded Porcupine Tree performances – plus photos and stories of the recording and creative process.
Discography
| Performer | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| King Crimson | 2016 | Radical Action |
| Dizrhythmia | 2016 | Dizrhythmia Too |
| The Pineapple Thief | 2016 | Your Wilderness |
| Nick Johnston | 2016 | Remarkably Human |
| King Crimson | 2016 | Live in Toronto |
| Fjieri | 2016 | Words Are All We Have |
| iamthemorning | 2016 | Lighthouse |
| Franco Battiato | 2015 | Anthology - Le nostre anime |
| King Crimson | 2015 | Live At The Orpheum |
| Carlo Berton | 2015 | Planetarium |
| iamthemorning | 2014 | Belighted |
| Amadeus Awad | 2013 | Schizanimus |
| The Tangent | 2013 | Le Sacre Du Travail |
| Lo-Fi Resistance | 2012 | Chalk Lines |
| Porcupine Tree | 2012 | Octane Twisted |
| Fusion Syndicate | 2012 | The Fusion Syndicate |
| Franco Battiato | 2012 | Apriti Sesamo |
| Kompendium | 2012 | Beneath The Waves |
| Harry Shearer | 2012 | Can't Take A Hint |
| Ed Poole | 2012 | Routes |
| Dario Zeno | 2010 | L'incoscienza di Zeno |
| Alberto Rigioni | 2011 | Rebirth |
| Alice | 1992 | Mezzogiorno sulle Alpi |
| Angela Baraldi | 2001 | Rosasporco |
| B. J. Cole | 1989 | Transparent Music |
| B. J. Cole | 1995 | Heart of the Moment |
| Black | 1988 | Comedy |
| Blackfield | 2004 | Blackfield |
| Blackfield | 2007 | Blackfield II |
| Camouflage | 1991 | Meanwhile |
| Carlo Fimiani | 2007 | Too Early |
| Chizuko Yoshihiro | 1993 | Conscious Mind |
| Claudio Baglioni | 1992 | AncorAssieme |
| Claudio Baglioni | 1992 | Assieme |
| Claudio Baglioni | 1995 | Io Sono Qui |
| Claudio Baglioni | 1996 | Attori e Spettatori |
| Claudio Baglioni | 1997 | Anime in Gioco |
| Claudio Baglioni | 1998 | A-Live |
| Claudio Baglioni | 1999 | Viaggiatore Sulla Coda del Tempo |
| Claudio Baglioni | 2000 | Acustico |
| Claudio Baglioni | 2003 | Sono Io |
| Claudio Baglioni | 2005 | Cresendo e Cercando |
| Claudio Baglioni | 2006 | Quelli Degli Altri Tutti Qui |
| Claudio Baglioni | 2009 | Q.P.G.A |
| Claudio Baglioni | 2013 | Con Voi |
| Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin | 1990 | The Big Idea |
| Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin | 1991 | Spin |
| Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin | 2009 | Green & Blue |
| Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin | 2009 | TLG Collection |
| David Devant & His Spirit Wife | 1996 | Ginger |
| Devogue | 1997 | Devogue |
| Dizrhythmia | 1987 | Dizrhythmia |
| Donna Gardier | 1990 | I'll Be There |
| Ed Poole | 2008 | ED 4 |
| Ed Poole | 2010 | Depth |
| Eddie & the Tide | 1986 | |
| Eros Ramazzotti | 1995 | Più Bella Cosa Live |
| Eugenio Finardi | 1990 | La Forza Dell'amore |
| Eugenio Finardi | 1991 | Millennio |
| Fiorella Mannoia | 1992 | I Treni a Vapore |
| Franco Battiato | 1993 | Caffe' de la Paix |
| Franco Battiato | 1996 | L'Imboscata |
| Franco Battiato | 1996 | L'ombra Della Luce |
| Franco Battiato | 1998 | Gommalacca |
| Franco Battiato | 2012 | Apriti Sesamo |
| Froon | 1987 | Froon |
| Fjieri | 2009 | Endless |
| Gail Ann Dorsey | 1988 | The Corporate World |
| Gavin Harrison | 1997 | Sanity & Gravity |
| Gavin Harrison & 05Ric | 2007 | Drop |
| Gavin Harrison & 05Ric | 2009 | Circles |
| Gavin Harrison & 05Ric | 2012 | The Man Who Sold Himself |
| Gavin Harrison | 2015 | Cheating the Polygraph |
| Heraldo Zuniga | 2001 | Triangulo de Musgo |
| Iggy Pop | 1986 | Ritz N.Y.C Live / Real Wild Child Live |
| Iggy Pop | 1989 | Lust For Live |
| Incognito | 1991 | Inside Life |
| Jakko Jakszyk | 2006 | The Bruised Romantic Glee Club |
| Jakko Jakszyk | 1994 | Kingdom of Dust |
| Jakko Jakszyk | 1994 | Mustard Gas and Roses |
| Jakko Jakszyk | 1996 | Are My Ears on Wrong? |
| Jakko Jakszyk | 1997 | Road to Ballina |
| Jakszyk Fripp Collins | 2011 | A Scarcity of Miracles |
| Kevin Ayers | 1992 | Still Life with Guitar |
| King Crimson | 2008 | Park West, Chicago, Illinois – 7 August 2008 |
| Lene Lovich | 1990 | March |
| Lewis Taylor | 2000 | Lewis II |
| Lewis Taylor | 2005 | In Session |
| Lisa Stansfield | 1997 | Never, Never Gonna Give You Up Live |
| Lisa Stansfield | 1999 | Swing |
| Lisa Stansfield | 2001 | 831 – Change |
| Manfred Mann's Earth Band | 1996 | Soft Vengeance |
| Manolo García | 2002 | Nunca el Tiempo es Perdido |
| Marco Tafelli | 2010 | Reset |
| Mick Karn | 1995 | The Tooth Mother |
| Mieko Shimizu | 1990 | A Road of Shells |
| Miss Thi | 1991 | Lover |
| No-Man | 2008 | Schoolyard Ghosts |
| OSI | 2009 | Blood |
| OSI | 2012 | Fire Make Thunder |
| Paolo Gianolio | 2009 | Pane e Nuvole |
| Paolo Gianolio | 2012 | Tribu' di Note |
| Patty Pravo | 2002 | Radio Station |
| Paul Cusick | 2011 | P'dice |
| Paul Young | 1995 | Grazing in the Grass Live |
| Peter Cox | 2001 | Flame Still Burns |
| Porcupine Tree | 2002 | In Absentia |
| Porcupine Tree | 2003 | Futile |
| Porcupine Tree | 2003 | XM |
| Porcupine Tree | 2004 | The Sky Moves Sideways reissue |
| Porcupine Tree | 2005 | Deadwing |
| Porcupine Tree | 2005 | Up the Downstair reissue |
| Porcupine Tree | 2005 | XMII |
| Porcupine Tree | 2006 | Rockpalast |
| Porcupine Tree | 2006 | Arriving Somewhere... |
| Porcupine Tree | 2007 | Fear of a Blank Planet |
| Porcupine Tree | 2007 | Nil Recurring |
| Porcupine Tree | 2009 | Ilosaarirock |
| Porcupine Tree | 2009 | The Incident |
| Porcupine Tree | 2010 | Anesthetize |
| Porcupine Tree | 2010 | Atlanta |
| Progetto Cavani | 1993 | Alza la Testa |
| Raf | 1993 | Cannibali |
| Richard Barbieri/Tim Bowness | 1994 | Flame |
| Richard Barbieri | 2008 | Stranger Inside |
| Rob Cowen/Beverley Craven | 2004 | Lady Advertiser |
| Sam Brown | 1987 | Stop! |
| Sarah Jane Morris | 1988 | Can't Get to Sleep |
| Saro Cosentino | 1997 | Ones & Zeros |
| Shari Belafonte | 1989 | Shari |
| Sharon Rose | 1994 | Never Be The Same |
| Sheila Nicholls | 2002 | Wake |
| Shooter | 1999 | ..And Your Point? |
| Shooter | 1999 | Life's a Bitch |
| Stefano Panunzi | 2005 | Timelines |
| Steve Thorne | 2007 | Part Two: Emotional Creatures |
| Steve Thorne | 2009 | Into the Ether |
| Steven Wilson | 2008 | Insurgentes |
| Storm Corrosion | 2012 | Storm Corrosion |
| The Kings of Oblivion | 1987 | Big Fish Popcorn |
| Three Blind Mice | 2007 | Good Grief |
| Tom Robinson & Jakko Jakszyk | 1988 | We've Never Had It So Good |
| Yasuaki Shimizu | 1989 | Aduna |
| Zerra One | 1986 | The Domino Effect |
See also
References
- ↑ "Gavin Harrison | Biography". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2015-07-22.
- ↑ http://www.hit-channel.com/gavin-harrison-solo-05ricporcupine-treeking-crimson/2618
