Alvin Burroughs
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 and then with Alphonse Trent's territory band in 1930. Moving to Chicago, he played with Hal Draper's Arcadians (1935), Horace Henderson (July 1937–38), and Earl Hines (September 1938–40); with Hines he recorded extensively. In the early 1940s he worked with Milt Larkin's band at the Rhumboogie Club, Benny Carter (late 1942), and Red Allen (late 1944-April 46), in addition to leading his own band. He was in George Dixon's quartet in 1950 when he died of a heart attack. He never recorded as a leader. |
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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 38 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BS-038255 | 10-in. | 7/12/1939 | Indiana | Earl Hines Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, drums | |
Victor | BS-038256 | 10-in. | 7/12/1939 | G. T. stomp | Earl Hines Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, drums | |
Victor | BS-038257 | 10-in. | 7/12/1939 | Ridin' and jivin' | Earl Hines Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, drums | |
Victor | BS-038258 | 10-in. | 7/12/1939 | Grand Terrace shuffle | Earl Hines Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, drums | |
Victor | BS-038259 | 10-in. | 7/12/1939 | Father steps in | Earl Hines Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, drums | |
Victor | BS-038260 | 10-in. | 7/12/1939 | Piano man | Earl Hines Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with vocal | instrumentalist, drums | |
Victor | BS-040474 | 10-in. | 10/6/1939 | Riff medley | Earl Hines Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, drums | |
Victor | BS-040475 | 10-in. | 10/6/1939 | Me and Columbus | Earl Hines Orchestra ; Laura Rucker | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, drums | |
Victor | BS-040476 | 10-in. | 10/6/1939 | X Y Z | Earl Hines Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, drums | |
Victor | BS-040477 | 10-in. | 10/6/1939 | 'Gator swing | Earl Hines Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, drums | |
Victor | BS-040478 | 10-in. | 10/6/1939 | After all I've been to you | Earl Hines Orchestra ; Walter Fuller | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, drums | |
Victor | BS-040479 | 10-in. | 10/6/1939 | Lightly and politely | Earl Hines Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, drums | |
Victor | BS-040480 | 10-in. | 10/6/1939 | Rosetta | Earl Hines Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with piano solo | instrumentalist, drums | |
Victor | BS-047055 | 10-in. | 2/13/1940 | Boogie woogie on St.Louis blues | Earl Hines Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-047056 | 10-in. | 2/13/1940 | Deep forest | Earl Hines Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-047057 | 10-in. | 2/13/1940 | My heart beats for you | Earl Hines Orchestra ; Billy Eckstine | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-047058 | 10-in. | 2/13/1940 | Number 19 | Earl Hines Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-051521 | 10-in. | 6/19/1940 | Wait 'till it happens to you | Earl Hines Orchestra ; Billy Eckstine | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-051522 | 10-in. | 6/19/1940 | Call me happy | Earl Hines Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-051523 | 10-in. | 6/19/1940 | Ann | Earl Hines Orchestra ; Billy Eckstine | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-051524 | 10-in. | 6/19/1940 | Topsy-turvy | Earl Hines Orchestra ; Walter Fuller | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-051525 | 10-in. | 6/19/1940 | Blue because of you | Earl Hines Orchestra ; Leroy Harris | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-051526 | 10-in. | 6/19/1940 | You can depend on me | Earl Hines Orchestra ; Walter Fuller | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | BS-051527 | 10-in. | 6/19/1940 | Tantalizing a Cuban | Earl Hines Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, traps | |
Victor | PBS-055175 | 10-in. | 12/2/1940 | Easy rhythm | Earl Hines Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, drums |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Burroughs, Alvin," accessed November 7, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/107189.
Burroughs, Alvin. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 7, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/107189.
"Burroughs, Alvin." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 7 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Burroughs, Alvin - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94120288
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