# Fats Heard

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**Eugene** "**Fats**" **Heard** (October 10, 1923 – December 5, 1987)[1] was an American [jazz](/source/Jazz) [drummer](/source/Drummer).

## Early life and education

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

## Career

Heard played with [Coleman Hawkins](/source/Coleman_Hawkins) and [Lionel Hampton](/source/Lionel_Hampton) and was part of [Erroll Garner](/source/Erroll_Garner)'s band from 1952 to 1955. He played on Garner's original 1954 recording of "[Misty](/source/Misty_(song))".[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](/source/Erroll_Garner)**

- *Mambo Moves Garner* (Mercury, 1954)
- [*Contrasts*](/source/Contrasts_(Erroll_Garner_album)) (EmArcy, 1954)

## References

1. ["Fats Heard"](http://www.discogs.com/artist/Fats+Heard). Discogs. Retrieved 2013-08-20.

1. Mosbrook, Joe (June 26, 1997). ["Jazzed in Cleveland: Part Twenty-Five"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304033231/http://www.cleveland.oh.us/wmv_news/jazz25.htm). Cleveland.oh.us. Archived from [the original](http://www.cleveland.oh.us/wmv_news/jazz25.htm) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved 2013-08-20.

1. Chadbourne, Eugene. ["Fats Heard"](http://www.allmusic.com/artist/fats-heard-mn0001873600/biography). Allmusic. Retrieved 2013-08-20.

1. Mosbrook, Joe (February 5, 2007). ["Jazzed in Cleveland: Part 112"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023324/http://www.cleveland.oh.us/wmv_news/jazz112.htm). Cleveland.oh.us. Archived from [the original](http://www.cleveland.oh.us/wmv_news/jazz112.htm) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved 2013-08-20.

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