ALVIN QUEEN

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Alvin Leroy Queen was born in New York on August 16, 1950. He started playing drums when he was eight years old: he would shine shoes to pay for drum lessons. Still on his early 'teens, he would lie about his age to get into the Jazz clubs, and received on stage tuition by Art Blakey, Philly Joe Jones, Art Taylor or Elvin Jones. Alvin met John Coltrane when he was twelve, and Horace Silver when he was fourteen, and was already enough of a player to be allowed to sit in with them. In 1968 he started working with Horace Silver, and the next year he became a regular member of the George Benson Quartet, appearing on the Johnny Carson Show. In 1969 Alvin worked with Stanley Turrentine, and was featured on several TV shows.

In November 1970, trumpet star Charles Tolliver hired Alvin for his first European tour. Alvin
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ALVIN QUEEN Ashanti album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Ashanti
Hard Bop 1981
ALVIN QUEEN Glidin' And Stridin' album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Glidin' And Stridin'
Hard Bop 1982
ALVIN QUEEN Alvin Queen & Dusko Goykovich : A Day In Holland album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Alvin Queen & Dusko Goykovich : A Day In Holland
Hard Bop 1983
ALVIN QUEEN Alvin Queen / Lonnie Smith Feat. Melvin Sparks : Lenox And Seventh album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Alvin Queen / Lonnie Smith Feat. Melvin Sparks : Lenox And Seventh
Soul Jazz 1985
ALVIN QUEEN Jammin' Uptown album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jammin' Uptown
Hard Bop 1985
ALVIN QUEEN Introducing: RTB Big Band album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Introducing: RTB Big Band
Big Band 1986
ALVIN QUEEN I'm Back album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
I'm Back
Hard Bop 1992
ALVIN QUEEN Nishville album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Nishville
Big Band 1998
ALVIN QUEEN I Ain't Looking At You album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
I Ain't Looking At You
Hard Bop 2006
ALVIN QUEEN Mighty Long Way album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Mighty Long Way
Hard Bop 2009
ALVIN QUEEN O.P. A Tribute To Oscar Peterson album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
O.P. A Tribute To Oscar Peterson
Hard Bop 2018
ALVIN QUEEN Night Train to Copenhagen album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Night Train to Copenhagen
Hard Bop 2021
ALVIN QUEEN Feeling Good album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Feeling Good
Post Bop 2024

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ALVIN QUEEN In Europe album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
In Europe
Hard Bop 1980
ALVIN QUEEN The Jazzcup Café Blues (Live In Germany) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Jazzcup Café Blues (Live In Germany)
Hard Bop 2024

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ALVIN QUEEN Alvin Queen, Bill Saxton ‎: Ashanti album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Alvin Queen, Bill Saxton ‎: Ashanti
Hard Bop 1987

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