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Alvin Queen

I Ain't Lookin' At You

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Brushes and Brass - Alvin Queen and Clark Terry
VIEW VIDEO - SEVEN STEPS TO HEAVEN @ New Morning
Kenny Drew, Niels Peterson and Alvin Queen Performing St. Thomas
Alvin Queen at Vitoria Jazz Festival 2006 and more videos. . .
Alvin Queen was 19 years old and playing with Horace Silver’s band at Club Barron in Harlem, when he first met Trumpeter Charles Tolliver. Two years later, in 1971, when Alvin was performing with George Benson, Tolliver called and asked him if he wanted to go to Europe with him.
“I told him, ‘Yes,’ and I quit George’s group and left America for my first trip to Europe that November. The group included Stanley Cowell on piano and Cecil McBee on bass. This was also the original “Music Incorporation” group; I was just replacing Jimmy Hopps, who was on drums.”
Alvin traveled with Tolliver back and forth to Europe many times over the next several months before getting another call from Horace. “Horace said, ‘Hey man, I’m putting together another group. Are you available?”
This time, Alvin joined the band for five years before moving to Montreal, where he was the house drummer for Rockhead’s Paradise. He stayed in Canada for two years before returning to New York. But after arriving, he quickly became disenchanted with the pressure put on jazz musicians to water down the music.
“I didn’t want to commercialize my music to become successful,” says Queen, “so I returned to Europe in 1977.” Read more. . .
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Member Since: 2/11/2007
Band Website: alvinqueendrummer.com
Band Members: Personnel on I AIN'T LOOKIN' AT YOU (Enja 2006)

Jesse Davis - Alto Saxophone

Alvin Queen - Drums

Mike LeDonne - B3 Organ

Peter Bernstein - Guitar

Terell Stafford
Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Alvin toured with notable pianist Oscar Peterson for many years.
Most Memorable Moment

Influences: Elvin Jones

Art Blakey, Max Roach, Charlie Persip, Big Sid Catlet, Papa Joe Jones, Philly Joe Jones, Osie Johnson, Roy Haynes, Jimmy Cobb, Eric Alexander, Terence Blanchard, Manny Boyd, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Arnett Cobb, Dolo Cocker, Al Cohn, George Coleman, Bob Cunningham, Dee Daniels, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Jessie Davis, Buddy de Franco, Dorothy Donegan, Kenny Drew Sr., Mercer Ellington, Robin Eubanks, Art Farmer, Jimmy Garrison, Dizzy Gillespie, Eddie Gomez, Dexter Gordon, Al Grey, Mike Brecker, Randy Brecker, Bob Berge, Cedar Walton, Johnny Griffin, Roy Hargrove, Milt Jackson, Plas Johnson, Guy Lafitte, Jack Lesberg, Kevin Mahogany, Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Christian McBride, Jay McShann, Mulgrew Miller, Joe Newman, Horace Parlan, Nicolas Payton, Niels Henning Osted Pederson, Oscar Peterson, Red Richards, Freddy Roach, David Sanchez, Pharaoh Sanders, Bill Saxton, Zoot Sims, Carrie Smith, Terell Stafford, Lou Tabackin, Buddy Tate, Leon Thomas, Mickey Tucker Stanley Turrentine, Warren Vache, Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, Bennie Wallace, Peter Washington, Randy Weston, Joe Lee Wilson and Reggie Workman.
Sounds Like: Kenny Clarke, Art Blakey, Elvin Jones, Max Roach, Papa Joe Jones, Charlie Persip, Roy Haynes

Brushes and Brass - Alvin Queen and Clark Terry
More videos:

    SEVEN STEPS TO HEAVEN SCATTING WITH CLARK TERRY CONCERT WITH RED HOLLOWAY Oscar Peterson Sushi 2004 Oscar Peterson " Cake Walk" 2004 Montreal

Record Label: ENJA, JUSTIN RECORDS, WARD RECORDS
Type of Label: Major