- Joe Gallivan
Joe Gallivan (b. September 8, 1937,
Rochester, New York ) is an Americanjazz drummer.Gallivan's first professional experience came at the age of 15 while in
Miami . He played early on withEduardo Chavez ,Art Mooney , andCharlie Spivak , as well as with theModern Jazz Orchestra . He attended theUniversity of Miami and then moved to New York in 1961, where he played withDonald Byrd andEric Dolphy before returning to Miami the next year. There he conducted for the TV show "Music U.S.A. " and led the bandA Train of Thought . In the 1960s he became interested inelectronic music andmusique concrete , and began meeting withVladimir Ussachevsky .Robert Moog had Gallivan help test his Moog drum system, which Gallivan used on the 1974Gil Evans album "There Comes a time".In addition to his two years with Evans, Gallivan worked in the 1970s with
Charles Austin andLarry Young (for the album "Love Cry Want"). He moved to Europe in 1976, living in various major cities across the Continent through 1989. While in London he was considered as a replacement forRobert Wyatt in the bandSoft Machine , but did not end up joining the group, instead collaborating with its former membersElton Dean andHugh Hopper . They worked together with Gallivan andKeith Tippett for the 1977 album "Cruel But Fair". While living inFrankfurt in the 1980s, Gallivan worked withAlbert Mangelsdorff ,Heinz Sauer , andChristopher Lauer .After returning to the U.S. in 1989, he settled in
Hawaii for much of the 1990s, where he led his own trio at the Pacific O withBrian Cuomo on piano andJackie Ryan on vocals.Discography
* "Peace on Earth" (Third Millennium, 1977)
* "Mindscapes" (Third Millennium, 1977)
* Hopper/Dean/Tippett/Gallivan "Cruel But Fair" (One Way, 1977)
* "Expression to the Winds" (Spitball, 1978)
* "Innocence" (Cadence, 1992)
* "The Origin of Men" (No Budget Records)
* "Orchestral Meditations" (No Budget)References
*Nathan Bush, [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:dbfpxqu5ldse~T1 Joe Gallivan] at
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