Eric Stephen Platz (born March 3, 1973) is a drummer, percussionist, and educator. Since the late 1990s, Platz has maintained an active performing career across North America, touring with artists of many different backgrounds. Platz performs in many styles and genres including, but not limited to: jazz, americana, world music, rock, and classical. Among other ensembles, Platz is currently a member of Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Carrie Rodriguez’s band, as well as world music ensemble Asefa. In addition to many tours and radio appearances with Rodriguez's band, Platz has had a number of television appearances, including an appearance on PBS's

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. A number of his bands have been praised in

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, Time Out, and the

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. Throughout the course of his career, Platz has co-led two improvised music trios, FourMinusOne and Fat Little Bastard. Over the course of his career, Platz has played with

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, John Mark Baron, Josh Winestock, Greg Gatien and Michael Cain, among many others. Platz holds an MMus in Jazz Performance from the

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and an ScB degree in

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from

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. Currently residing in

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, Canada, Platz is an assistant professor at

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where he teaches applied drumset and jazz ensembles, among other jazz studies and world music courses. Eric is an endorsing artist for Vic Firth Drumsticks.

Selected discography

* Richard Gillis/Bjorn Thoroddsen: ''Morgana’s Revenge'' (Independent Release, 2012) * Asefa: ''Resonance'' (Bended Ear Records, Brooklyn, NY, 2011) *

Carrie Rodriguez Carrie Luz Rodriguez (born July 31, 1978) is an American singer-songwriter and the daughter of Texan singer-songwriter David Rodriguez and Texas painter Katy Nail, and is the granddaughter of prolific Texas essayist Frances Nail. She sings and ...

: ''Love and Circumstance'' (Ninth Street Opus, Berkeley, CA, 2010) *

: ''She Ain’t Me'' (EMI/Blue Note Record Group, NY, NY, 2008) *

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: ''Delivered'' (Signature Sounds, Whately, MA, 2008) * Rachael Davis: ''Antebellum Queens'' (Fox on a Hill Records, Petosky, MI, 2008) * Jenny Goodspeed: Under The Ash Tree (Independent Release, Ashfield, MA, 2008) *

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: ''Room To Grow'' (RykoDisc/AddieBelle Records, Nashville, TN, 2007) * Joe Parillo Trio with Jay Hoggard: ''Segments'' (Neoga Records, North Kingston, RI, 2007) * Heather and the Barbarians: ''Tell Me Tonight'' (Independent Release, Brooklyn, NY, 2007) * Andreea Pauta: ''Autumn'' (Independent Release, Boston, MA, 2007) *

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: ''Walking on the World'' (Compass Records, Nashville, TN, 2007) *

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: ''Even The Lost Creek'' (Independent Release, Boston, MA, 2006) * Carrie Cheron: ''One More Autumn'' (Riparius Records, Charlottlesville, VA, 2006) * Fat Little Bastard: ''Idiosyncphony'' (Independent Release, Boston, MA, 2005) * Jeremiah McLane: ''Freetown'' (Floating Bridge Music, Sharon, VT, 2005) * Asefa: ''Asefa'' (Bended Ear, Brooklyn, NY, 2005) * Ro’I Raz: ''Between The Suns'' (Sachimay Records, Easton, PA, 2003) * Fat Little Bastard: ''An Illustrated History'' (Independent Release, Boston, MA, 2002) * FourMinusOne: ''Split Decision'' (Independent Release, Boston, MA, 2002) * Okkyoung Lee: ''Cello Music'' (Janice Records, New York, NY, 2000) * Trikona; ''Trikona'' (Riparius Records, Charlottlesville, VA, 2000) * FourMinusOne: ''At Any Given Moment'' (Independent Release, Boston, MA, 1999)

References

External links

Official website

Brandon University webpage

Carrie Rodriguez

Vic Firth Artists
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