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.

New Visions For A New World - 2025-08-22T00:00:00.000000Z

The Jazzcup Café Blues (Live In Germany) - 2024-11-15T00:00:00.000000Z

Plays Ellington - 2022-06-02T00:00:00.000000Z

Groovin' High in Barcelona - 2021-02-19T00:00:00.000000Z

On Stage with Clark Terry, Ray Brown, Bobby Durham, Carmen Intorre, Jimmy Cobb, Michele Hendricks, Kevin Mahogany, Joey Defrancesco, Carmelo Leotta, Alvin Queen, Jimmy Woode - 2020-08-19T00:00:00.000000Z

Barcelona Meeting - 2019-11-08T00:00:00.000000Z

Autumn - 2017-04-10T00:00:00.000000Z

Stardust - 2017-04-07T00:00:00.000000Z

Alice in Wonderland - 2017-04-07T00:00:00.000000Z

My Ship - 2017-04-06T00:00:00.000000Z

Summertime - 2017-04-06T00:00:00.000000Z

Misty - 2017-03-15T00:00:00.000000Z

Old Danish - 2017-02-21T00:00:00.000000Z

Five for John (feat. Alvin Queen, Joe Locke, Marco Panascia, Max Ionata) - 2014-02-20T00:00:00.000000Z

Swingin' the Count - 2013-09-10T00:00:00.000000Z

Mighty Long Way - 2009-09-25T00:00:00.000000Z

I Ain't Looking at You - 2006-09-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Three Men On A Beat (Paris, France 1983) [The Definitive Black & Blue Sessions] - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

This Is Uncle Al (feat. Alvin Queen, Olivier Antunes & Jesper Lundgaard) - 2001-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

At The Brewhouse - 2000-10-20T00:00:00.000000Z

Lenox and Seventh (1985) [The Definitive Black & Blue Sessions] - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Standard Truth - 1998-04-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Søren Lee Quartet - 1993-05-17T00:00:00.000000Z

Blue In Green - 1992-04-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Recollections - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z