Joe Gallivan

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Joe Gallivan (2011)

Joe Gallivan (born September 8, 1937 in Rochester , New York ) is an American drummer , percussionist and keyboard player whose activities range between modern jazz , fusion and free improvisation .

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Gallivan began playing Latin and then jazz in Miami at the age of 15 , first in Eduardo Chavez's band and in the big bands of Art Mooney and Charlie Spivak . He also accompanied traveling musicians such as Dizzy Gillespie or Dakota Staton . After studying at the University of Miami, he went to Boston in 1958 , where the first recordings came; in 1959 he was involved in a single with Sonny Criss and in 1960 in recordings with Kenny Drew and the Modern Jazz Orchestra . In 1961 he moved to New York, where he worked with Duke Pearson and, together with Donald Byrd, set up his own band in which musicians such as Don Ellis , Eric Dolphy , Jimmy Knepper , Herbie Hancock and Elvin Jones rehearsed. In the following year Gallivan returned to Florida, worked for the TV show Music USA and dealt with electronic music , influenced by Karlheinz Stockhausen's composition “ Singing of the Youngsters in the Fiery Furnace ”. Since then he has worked with the woodwind player Charles Austin in various formations; they played a mix of jazz, rock and electronics. Gallivan sent a tape with recordings to Igor Stravinsky , who after hearing it came to the judgment that Gallivan had to take care of a record deal with Columbia . Gallivan played with Austin at the Miami Pop Festival in 1968 between Jimi Hendrix and the Mothers of Invention .

At this time, Gallivan continued to work with the already established NRBQ ( New Rhythm and Blues Quartet ) and organized A Train of Thought , the first electronic big band, for which he developed the equipment together with Stan Goldstein and in which, in addition to Charles Austin, Ira Sullivan also works was; the band accompanied Chuck Berry and Marvin Gaye . The work with Austin is documented on the albums Mindscapes and Expressions to the World .

In 1969 he went back to New York, where he initially created film music. He was still in contact with Vladimir Ussachevski , a pioneer of electronic music in the United States, and bought one of the first mini Moog synthesizers . Its developer Robert Moog commissioned the drummer to try out his new drum synthesizer. Organist Larry Young (who had just left Tony Williams ' Lifetime ) brought him, a guitarist named (Stephen) Nicholas, and drummer Jimmy Molneiri into his formation Love Cry Want in 1972, who were looking to succeed Lifetime after the merger of Was rock and jazz. Gil Evans heard him with Elvin Jones at the Newport Jazz Festival and invited Gallivan to join his big band , with whom he worked for two years. According to Allmusic , he was also involved in the 1994 recording of The Gil Evans Orchestra Plays the Music of Jimi Hendrix (in the piece "Little Wing", which was ultimately released on There Comes a Time ). The drummer's sound effects can be heard particularly in the title " The Meaning of the Blues " from Evans' 1975 album There Comes a Time .

In 1976 Gallivan went to Europe and lived in London, Paris and Frankfurt / Main for the next 13 years. First he played in a quartet with Keith Tippett , Elton Dean and Hugh Hopper ; he also recorded with Elton Dean and Kenny Wheeler . Between 1979 and 1983 he worked in Europe with Austin and Butch Morris , but could also be heard again in New York. In 1983 the drummer worked with musicians from the Frankfurt jazz scene such as Albert Mangelsdorff , Heinz Sauer , Christof Lauer , John Schröder and the Hessischer Rundfunk jazz ensemble . He then went to London, where he founded the experimental big band Soldiers of the Road , in which Elton Dean, Evan Parker , Paul Rutherford , Claude Deppa , Marcio Mattos and other leading musicians on the London scene played. He also played in a trio with Paul Dunmall . In 1992 he recorded the highly acclaimed Innocence album (1992) for the Cadence Records jazz label .

Gallivan had lived in Hawaii for a while since 1989 , where he led a trio with pianist Brian Cuomo and singer / bassist Jackie Ryan . In the 1990s he founded his own record label New Jazz Records , on which the music of Love Cry Want appeared for the first time, as well as music with his fusion trio Powerfield with guitarist Gary Smith and keyboardist Pat Thomas . In 1999 he appeared in Spain with the Ektal Ensemble (appearances in Austria followed in 2001). In 2000 he recorded at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London in a trio with Brian Como and Jackie Ryan. He works with Paul Rogers in the duo and trio Rainforest 21 .

According to Richard Cook and Brian Morton, Joe Gallivan is “one of the forgotten pioneers of music”.

Selection discography

  • Peace on Earth (Third Millennium, 1977)
  • Mindscapes (Third Millennium, 1977)
  • Hopper / Dean / Tippett / Gallivan Cruel But Fair (One Way, 1977)
  • Peter Ponzol , Joe Gallivan, Abbey Rader Prism ( Vinyl Records , 1978)
  • Innocence (Cadence, 1992, with Guy Barker , Gerard Presencer , Claude Deppa, Jim Dvorak , Paul Rutherford, Ashley Slater , Elton Dean, Evan Parker, Neil Metcalf , Marcio Mattos)
  • The Origin of Men (No Budget Records, 1996)
  • Orchestral Meditations (No Budget, 1998 with John McMinn, Tim Richards, Billy Johnson)

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SURNAME Gallivan, Joe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz drummer and keyboard player
DATE OF BIRTH September 8, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Rochester , New York