Alvin Queen

Alvin Queen is an American 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.

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• As leader
• As sideman
• References

He has also played with Michael Brecker, Kenny Drew, Bennie Wallace, Duško Gojković, Johnny Griffin, and George Coleman.

As leader

Alvin Queen in Europe (Nilva, 1980)

Ashanti (Nilva, 1981)

Glidin' and Stridin' (Nilva, 1981) with Junior Mance

A Day in Holland (Nilva, 1983) with Dusko Goykovich

Lenox and Seventh (Black and Blue, 1985) with Dr. Lonnie Smith

Jammin' Uptown (Nilva, 1985)

I'm Back (Nilva, 1992)

I Ain't Looking at You (Tokuma, 2005)

Mighty Long Way (Justin Time, 2008)

As sideman

With George Coleman

At Yoshi's (Theresa, 1989)

With Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis

Jaw's Blues (Enja, 1981)

With John Hicks and Elise Wood

Luminous (Nilva, 1988)

With John Patton

Soul Connection

With Pharoah Sanders

A Prayer Before Dawn (Theresa, 1987)

With Charles Tolliver

Impact (Enja, 1972)

Live at the Loosdrecht Jazz Festival (Strata-East, 1973)