Alvin Queen
Alvin Queen is an American-born Swiss jazz drummer born in the Bronx, New York, on August 16, 1950. At 16, he played for Ruth Brown and Don Pullen and with the Wild Bill Davis trio. He played with trombonist Benny Green and guitarist Tiny Grimes in 1969 and replaced Billy Cobham in the Horace Silver quintet. He also played with the George Benson quartet before rejoining Charles Tolliver in November 1971. During the seventies, he lived in Canada, before settling in Switzerland in 1979 and creating the label Nilva, an anagram of his first name.
He has also played with Michael Brecker, Kenny Drew, Oscar Peterson, Bennie Wallace, Duško Gojković, Johnny Griffin, and George Coleman.
Discography
As leader
Alvin Queen in Europe Ashanti Glidin' and Stridin' with Junior ManceA Day in Holland with Dusko GoykovichLenox and Seventh with Dr. Lonnie SmithJammin' Uptown I'm Back I Ain't Looking at You Mighty Long Way Night Train To Copenhaguen- ''Feeling Good''
As sideman
With George ColemanAt Yoshi'sWith Eddie "Lockjaw" DavisJaw's Blues
With John Hicks and Elise Wood
With Horace Parlan
With John PattonSoul Connection
With Pharoah SandersA Prayer Before Dawn
With Charles TolliverImpact Live at the Loosdrecht Jazz Festival
With Warren Vaché
- ''Talk to Me Baby''