Fats Heard

Eugene "Fats" Heard (October 10, 1923 – December 5, 1987)^[1] was an American jazz drummer.

Fats Heard
Birth name	Eugene Heard
Born	October 10, 1923 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Died	December 5, 1987 (aged 64)
Genres	Jazz
Instrument	Drums

Early life and education

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Heard graduated from Central High School and studied piano at the Cleveland Institute of Music before taking up the drums as his primary instrument.^[2][3]

Career

Heard played with Coleman Hawkins and Lionel Hampton and was part of Erroll Garner's band from 1952 to 1955. He played on Garner's original 1954 recording of "Misty".^[3] In the late-1950s, Heard ran the Modern Jazz Room (formerly Cotton Club) in downtown Cleveland with his friend Jim Bard.^[4]

Discography

With Erroll Garner

• Mambo Moves Garner (Mercury, 1954)