About Eric Alabaster

Eric is a music teacher and performer. He plays drum set, tabla and piano. He has performed on Broadway, in the Caribbean and in Europe.

He has studied composition with Jimmy Heath, tabla with Master Mulazim Hussain and drums with Elliot Zigmund.

He is the recipient of grants from The Brooklyn Arts Council, The Citizens Committee for New York. He has curated the “Sweetest Song Festival” of Pakistani S Asian musicians for BAC and hosted Eric Ki Betauk a long running music salon in Brooklyn, N.Y.

His unique award winning CD of original compositions features Duane Eubanks, Roy Nathanson and a stellar cast of Desi and Valieti (western) musicians.