Alvin
@alvinatkinson
New York, NY USA
Joined Jan 1, 2008
Drummer, educator and clinician, Alvin Atkinson, Jr. participated in the 2007 and 2008 Rhythm Road: American Music Abroad Program (sponsored by Jazz at Lincoln Center and State Department) tour to the Middle East and Russia with his group, Alvin Atkinson and the Sound Merchants. The organization additionally asked him to lead the All Star American Music Abroad Group to Mali, Zimbabwe, India and China.
Other career highlights include a 2004 Jazz Ambassador tour of Africa and South America sponsored by the Kennedy Center and the State Department; a performance at the White House for President George W. Bush in 2002; house drummer for the 2002-2003 season of the Emeril Live television show on the Food Network Channel; and the Harlem National Tour with the Kennedy Center 2002 and 2003.
Throughout the US and abroad, Atkinson has toured with various artists such as: Freddy Redd, Ellis Marsalis, Jimmy Heath, Barry Harris, Houston Person, Oscar Brown, Jr., Ernie Andrews, Miguel Zenon, Tom Browne, Vanessa Rubin and Wycliffe Gordon.
In 2004-2005, Atkinson served as the Visiting Professor of Drum-set Studies at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada. Currently, he teaches at Jazz at Lincoln Centers Middle School Jazz Academy, the Bronx Academy, and The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York City.
Atkinsons first solo project Alvin Atkinson and the Sound Merchants received nominations for Best International Jazz Song from the First Annual 2007
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