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NINE WINDS DISCOGRAPHY:
NWCD0210/220 The Vinny Golia Large Ensemble (2CD set) The Other Bridge(Oakland 1999)
Saxophonist ERIC BARBER has been recognized as part of a new generation of artists whose voice and scope of interests defy categorization. Eric has performed throughout the U.S. and Canada, most notably at the Knitting Factory New York, DuMaurier International Jazz Festival, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Eddie Moore Jazz Festival (Yoshi's, Oakland, CA). Recording credits include the Capitol, Cryptogramophone, Nine Winds, Phlogiston, Recondite, and Virgin labels. His versatility and integrity have allowed him to work with an incredibly diverse array of performing artists, including John Bergamo, the California E.A.R. Unit, Alex Cline , Nels Cline, Mark Dresser, Vinny Golia, Art Jarvinen, Denman Maroney, Chitravina Ravikiran, Trichy Sankaran, Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith, Miroslav Tadic, Tom Varner, and Glen Velez.
Eric has been one of the few saxophonists to successfully synthesize a musical identity and language based on many traditional musics of the world. This has led him to exciting collaborations with musicians from India and the Balkans. Highlights include concert appearances with master South Indian mridangists Trichy Sankaran and Poovalur Srinivasan, vina savant Chitravina Ravikiran, and American hand drumming sensation Glen Velez. Current world music projects include the Miroslav Tadic Trio featuring Miroslav Tadic on guitar and percussionist Leonice Shinneman and Balkanova, an eclectic electric Bulgarian Wedding band.
Equally at home in improvisation, Eric has performed with Steuart Liebig's KammerStig, Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith's MBIRA, Alex Cline, Nels Cline, and the Vinny Golia Septet and Large Ensemble. Ongoing projects include We Are Not Mailmen, featuring Arthur Jarvinen on analog electronics. Recent events include duo concerts in New York and Los Angeles with pianist Denman Maroney and the recording Pomegranate with Steuart Liebig, Mark Dresser, Vinny Golia, Nels Cline, and others for the Cryptogramophone label.
Eric is currently a freelance performer and educator, and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Music from the University of Oregon and a Master of Fine Arts in Jazz and African-American Music from California Institute of the Arts.
