Allen Blairman

Allen Blairman (August 13, 1940 – April 29, 2022) was an American jazz drummer best known for his performing and recording with Albert Ayler and Mal Waldron.

Allen Blairman
Born(1940-08-13)August 13, 1940
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedApril 29, 2022(2022-04-29) (aged 81)
Heidelberg, Germany

Career

Blairman was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1968 he moved from Pittsburgh to New York, where he worked with Charles Mingus, Chet Baker and Archie Shepp. In 1970 he played with Albert Ayler at the Fondation Maeght in France. In 1972 he toured throughout Europe with Karl Berger. He recorded with Mal Waldron for Enja, and with Albert Mangelsdorff. In 1976 Allen Blairman played with a German Jazz rock group called Embryo. In France he collaborated with Bireli Lagrene. In 1991 he recorded "Life at the Montreux Music Festival" in trio-formation with Günter Lenz and Uli Lenz.Since over 20 Years he played with saxophonist Olaf Schönborn and bassist Mario Fadani in the Jazz trio "Trio Variety and since 2009 with tap dancer Kurt Albert and Olaf Schönborn in the Jazz formation "Melody Rhythm & Tap".

He died on April 29, 2022, in Heidelberg, Germany.[1] He had been diagnosed with cancer in January.[1]

Discography
  • Blue and Sentimental - 2017 with Olaf Schoenborn
  • Nuits de la Fondation Maeght - 1970 with Albert Ayler
  • Spontaneous - 1971 with Albert Mangelsdorff and Masahiko Sato
  • Live on the Riviera - 1971 with A. Ayler
  • Holy Ghost with A. Ayler (only CD 7 (4 tracks))
  • With Silence - 1972 with Karl Berger
  • We are You - 1972 with Karl Berger
  • A Touch of the Blues - 1972 (Enja) with Mal Waldron
  • Hard Talk - 1974 (Enja) with Mal Waldron
  • Swing 81 - 1981 with Bireli Lagrene
  • Four for Jazz (Casino Rec.) - 2000
  • Like Back in the Days - 2005[2]
  • FourTet (Beatonal Studio) - 2005

References
  1. Klotz, Jörg-Peter (April 30, 2022). "Die Musikfamilie im Rhein-Neckar-Delta trauert um Jazz-Drummer Allen Blairman". Mannheimer Morgen (in German). Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  2. "Like Back in the Days - Allen Blairman,Olaf Schรถnborn,James Simpson | Credits". AllMusic. 2005-05-02. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
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