Alvin Burroughs


A solid swing drummer, Alvin Burroughs was considered a valuable sideman during the big band era. He grew up in Pittsburgh and during 1928-29 was a member of Walter Page's Blue Devils in Kansas City. He also worked with Alphonse Trent before settling in Chicago. Among the many associations that Burroughs had in the 1930's were with Hal Draper's Arcadians (1935), Horace Henderson (1937-38) and most ...more


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