Archie Alleyne

Archie Alleyne CM (January 7, 1933 – June 8, 2015) was a Canadian jazz drummer.[1] Best known as a drummer for influential jazz musicians such as Billie Holiday, Lester Young, Stan Getz, Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster, he was also prominent as a recording artist on his own and with Canadian jazz musicians such as Oliver Jones, Cy McLean and Brian Browne.[2]

Archie Alleyne
Background information
Born(1933-01-07)January 7, 1933
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
DiedJune 8, 2015(2015-06-08) (aged 82)
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Drummer

Born and raised in Toronto, Ontario,[1] Alleyne became the house drummer at the Town Tavern jazz club in his 20s.[1]

Following a serious car accident in 1967, Alleyne stepped away from music for a number of years,[1] becoming a partner in a soul food restaurant in Toronto.[1] He returned to music in the early 1980s with Jones' band.[2]

Alleyne was named to the Order of Canada in 2011.[2] He established the Archie Alleyne Scholarship Fund to provide bursaries to music students,[3] and wrote Colour Me Jazz: The Archie Alleyne Story, an autobiography slated for future publication.[1]

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