Alvin Queen
Alvin Queen (born August 16, 1950 in Bronx , New York) is an American modern jazz drummer .
Queen, who comes from a working-class family, earned the money for drum lessons as a shoe shine. At the age of twelve he was already involved in a record recording. Horace Silver brought him into his band in 1968. Then Queen played with George Coleman , Randy Weston , Milt Jackson , George Benson and above all Charles Tolliver , with whom he visited Europe in 1971. After another European tour, he moved to Geneva in 1978 and worked from there with Jimmy Woode , Jay McShann , Harry Sweets Edison , Pharoah Sanders , Junior Mance and Johnny Griffin . Since 1980 he has been traveling with his own groups, to which musicians such as Dusko Goykovich , Dr. Lonnie Smith , Terence Blanchard or John Hicks belonged. Queen also appeared in Robert Altman's film Kansas City . He then performed regularly with Bennie Wallace's band , but also with the Radio Big Band Belgrade, Dee Dee Bridgewater , the trios of Jesper Thilo and Vince Benedetti and with his own bands ( I Ain't Looking At You , 2007). Queen was a member of the quartet with which Oscar Peterson gave his last two concerts in Germany in 2005.
Lexigraphic entries
- Martin Kunzler : Jazz Lexicon. Volume 2: M – Z (= rororo-Sachbuch. Vol. 16513). 2nd Edition. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-499-16513-9 .
Web links
- Web presence
- Allmusic.com: biography
- AllAboutJazz.com: Interview
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SURNAME | Queen, Alvin |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz drummer |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 16, 1950 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bronx , New York |