Allen Blairman

Allen Blairman (born August 13, 1940 in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania ) is an American modern jazz drummer .

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Drummer Allen Blairmann

Blairman began playing drums in Pittsburgh. His first band was the Alden Jazz Quartet . He played with musicians such as bassist John Hurt , trombonist Nelson Harrisson , saxophonist George Green , guitarist Jerry Byrd and organist Jimmy Smith . From 1959 he belonged to the "Charles Bell Contemporary Jazz Quartet" of Charles Bell at, with whom he recorded two records. He moved to Washington, DC in 1964 and New York in 1968 , where he played with George Benson , Charles Mingus , Slide Hampton , Chet Baker , Charlie Haden and Archie Shepp . In 1970 he performed with Albert Ayler in France . In 1971 he toured Europe with Karl Berger , where he settled in Heidelberg . He played with Albert Mangelsdorff and with Mal Waldron , with whom he also recorded. He also appeared in the blues context with Eddie Taylor (1973) and 1976 with the group Embryo in Munich. Later he played with Fred Anderson and Peter Kowald , but also with Biréli Lagrène and Jan Jankeje , then with Sid Kucera and with Four 4 Jazz (with Rick von Bracken ), in the organ trio of Maggy Scott , in the trio of Uli Lenz , in the quartet of Rocky Knauer and with Frank Runhof . He currently plays with his trio Variety , which includes the Mannheim saxophonist Olaf Schönborn and bassist Mario Fadani, as well as another trio with Rocky Knauer and Ulli Jünemann .