Alvin Burroughs
Alvin Burroughs (called Mouse Burroughs , * 21st November 1911 in Mobile (Alabama) ; † 1. August 1950 in Chicago ) was an American drummer of Swing .
Burroughs grew up in Pittsburgh and played in the late 1920s in Kansas City with Walter Pages Blue Devils (and worked on their recordings in 1929) and with Alphonse Trent . Then he moved to Chicago, where he worked from 1937 with Horace Henderson , from 1938 to 1940 with Earl Hines , from 1943 to 1946 with Henry "Red" Allen . After that he was a member of George Dixon's band . At times he was also director of his own orchestra; he also worked on recordings of Lionel Hampton ( Down Home Jump , 1938), JC Higginbotham , Benny Carter , Albert Ammons and in the late 1940s with Bill Harris .
literature
- Bielefeld catalog. 1985, 1988 & 2002.
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton: The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings . 8th edition. Penguin, London 2006, ISBN 0-141-02327-9 .
- Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .
- John Jörgensen, Erik Wiedemann : Jazz Lexicon. Mosaic, Munich 1967.
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| SURNAME | Burroughs, Alvin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Burroughs, Mouse |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz drummer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 21, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mobile, Alabama |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 1, 1950 |
| Place of death | Chicago |