Alvin Burroughs

American jazz musician

Alvin Burroughs
Birth name	Alvin Burroughs
Born	1911 Mobile, AL
Died	August 1, 1950(1950-08-01) (aged 38)
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instrument(s)	Drums

Musical artist

Alvin Burroughs (November 21, 1911 – August 1, 1950) was an American swing jazz drummer.

Burroughs played in Kansas City with Walter Page's Blue Devils in 1928–29^[1] and then with Alphonse Trent's territory band in 1930.^[1]

Moving to Chicago, he played with Hal Draper's Arcadians (1935), Horace Henderson (July 1937–38),^[1] and Earl Hines (September 1938–40);^[1] with Hines he recorded extensively. In the early 1940s he worked with Milt Larkin's band at the Rhumboogie Club,^[2] Benny Carter (late 1942),^[1] and Red Allen (late 1944–April 46),^[1] in addition to leading his own band.^[1] He was in George Dixon's quartet in 1950^[1] when he died of a heart attack. He never recorded as a leader.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Rye, Howard. "Burroughs, Alvin". Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
^ Campbell, Robert L. and Leonard J. Bukowski, and Armin Büttner "The Tom Archia Discography" Retrieved 3 July 2013.