Alvin Queen micro-corner

[Bright Moments]

How about a little corner for drummer Alvin Queen?

I am enjoying some fine work by him with John Hicks et al on "Jammin' Uptown" from 1985! Alvin plays with amazing energy!!!

Any fans out there?

Edited May 21, 2012 by Bright Moments

[John L]

Thank you for setting up a corner for Mr. Queen! Count me as a fan. I jump in my seat when I hear him live.

[Pete C]

First time I ever heard of him was on a Charles Tolliver album. He's been in Europe so long he's sort of off the U.S. radar. I think he succeeded Tootie Heath as the straight-ahead drummer of choice for guys like Kenny Drew and others.

[JSngry]

And let us not forget the worthy output of his Nilva label, including John Patton's great Soul Connection album.

[Chuck Nessa]

He has a ball on this one:

[BFrank]

How about a little corner for drummer Alvin Queen?

I am enjoying some fine work by him with John Hicks et al on "Jammin' Uptown" from 1985! Alvin plays with amazing energy!!!

Any fans out there?

That album RAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWKS!

[king ubu]

I think I've first heard him with Bennie Wallace on the air ... missed his one terrific Zurich concert, around 1999/2000, I think. Wallace, Danton Boller, Queen - mighty fine band.

Queen's indeed on some European productions, with Dusko for instance, but also with Swiss piano great Marc Hemmeler.

I think Queen's been based in Switzerland for many years (as was Jimmy Woode), but I still haven't yet managed to catch him live.

(Just wondered if it was him on drums when I heard Benny Bailey/Joe Haider's quintet, but it was John Engels - the others were Andy Scherrer on tenor and Isla Eckinger on bass - fine band, good concert, great experience to have caught Benny live!)

[Free For All]

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Definitely - or definitively, if you like.

Also this

Part 1 of a 2CD set on THE 3361BLACK label. A great set.

MG

[jazzkrow]

I have been looking all over for the Queen/Lonnie Smith set-Lennox and 7th-on Black and Blue.

Any leads?

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

I have been looking all over for the Queen/Lonnie Smith set-Lennox and 7th-on Black and Blue.

Any leads?

You can get a ridiculously over-priced new copy (£19 goddammit!) at Amazon UK or pay a fiver for a download

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lenox-Seventh-Lonnie-Smith-Alvin/dp/B00004SDJZ/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1337886200&sr=1-1

It's a bit cheaper from Amazon France

http://www.amazon.fr/Lenox-Seventh-Lonnie-Smith-Alvin/dp/B00004SDJZ/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1337886408&sr=1-1

MG

[mjzee]

I have been looking all over for the Queen/Lonnie Smith set-Lennox and 7th-on Black and Blue.

Any leads?

eMusic has it for $3.92:

eMusic

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Another good one, I don't play as much as some of you modern types would is

Those of you who know Saxton from his work on Jimmy Ponder's "Mean streets, no bridges" will want this.

Saxton (curved sop & ts), Hicks (p), Ray Drummond (b), Queen (d), prod A Queen

MG

[Peter Friedman]

Alvin Queen sounds marvelous on this CD that I listened to today.

Johnny Griffn / Steve Grossman Quintet - Dreyfus

With Michael Weiss, Pierre Michelot and Alvin Queen

Edited May 29, 2012 by Peter Friedman

[Tom Storer]

I've seen Alvin Queen live several times in Paris. He makes a band hop, all right. Great drummer. He used to play with Tommy Flanagan's trio when the regular drummer couldn't make the date, and played Flanagan's detailed arrangements like he had devised them himself. Not sure where he's based--Berlin?

[Ted O'Reilly]

Not sure where he's based--Berlin?

I think he's in Geneva, Switzerland.

[Bright Moments]

I hope Michael Weiss chimes in with some stories about playing with Alvin!!

[king ubu]

Not sure where he's based--Berlin?

I think he's in Geneva, Switzerland.

That's what I thought, but there seems to be no info on the webs... and he's not in the Swiss online phone books.

[Michael Weiss]

I hope Michael Weiss chimes in with some stories about playing with Alvin!!

My only experience thus far playing with Alvin was on the Griffin/Grossman recording, which I recall describing in another post.

Suffice to say Alvin's quite a character and was a lot of fun to play with. He and Johnny were pretty close.

Yes - Geneva.

[Bright Moments]

cool beans!!!

[Tom 1960]

Any thoughts on this date? I see Terrell Stafford, Peter Bernstein, Mike LeDonne and Jessie Davis play on this session.

[mandrill]

One-off band with the late great Sal Nistico.

 

[Dan Gould]

Seems like a good place to ask for other Nilva recommendations (I have the Charles Davis which is very fine and a Junior Mance/Martin Rivera duo recording and the Big John Patton Jim mentioned).

[soulpope]

2 hours ago, Dan Gould said:

Seems like a good place to ask for other Nilva recommendations (I have the Charles Davis which is very fine and a Junior Mance/Martin Rivera duo recording and the Big John Patton Jim mentioned).

Ronnie Mathews Trio "So Sorry Please" is very good ....

[Peter Friedman]

I like Alvin Queen on a number of Kenny Drew Trio sessions on the Japanese Alfa label