Drummers - Barry Altschul
Barry Altschul (b. January 6, 1943, New York City) is a
drummer who gained fame in the late 60's with the pianists Paul Bley and
Chick Corea, playing in the "outside" style of jazz that had been
evolving steadily since the innovations of Cecil Taylor, Ornette
Coleman, John Coltrane. His first major gig in the late sixties was with
Paul Bley's trio. In 1969 he joined with Chick Corea, Dave Holland and
Anthony Braxton to form the group Circle. At the time, he made use of a
high-pitched Gretsch kit with add-on drums and percussion instruments,
which he integrated seamlessly in a whirlwind of sound. No one sounded
quite like him at the time, and his nuclear energy served him well when
he teamed up with Sam Rivers and Anthony Braxton throughout the
seventies. Altschul also made a few excellent albums as a leader, but
after the mid-1980s he was rarely seen in concert or on record. Recently
he has become a little more visible again, with two fine sideman
appearances on the CIMP label with the FAB trio (with Billy Bang and Joe
Fonda) and the bassist Adam Lane.
Through the years Altschul has played or recorded with Roswell Rudd,
Dave Liebman, Andrew Hill, Sonny Criss, Hampton Hawes, and Lee Konitz,
among others
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Altschul
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