Alvin Stoller

Alvin Stoller ( October 7, 1925 in New York City; † October 19, 1992 ) was an American jazz drummer.

Alvin Stoller studied percussion with Henry Adler and played his early career with Van Alexander, Raymond Scott, Teddy Powell, 1942 Benny Goodman, then into the swing bands of Tommy Dorsey, Harry James, and Charlie Barnet. He also accompanied the Swing vocalists Billie Holiday, Mel Tormé, Frank Sinatra, and especially Ella Fitzgerald; on the album Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook, he performed with the Duke Ellington Orchestra.

In addition to Stoller LP recordings by Art Tatum, Roy Eldridge, Oscar Peterson, Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster was (like Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster ), Benny Carter and Erroll Garner involved. In the 1950s, he settled in Los Angeles area, the next few years worked mainly in the Hollywood studios. Leonard Feather called him the "first-rate, swinging drummer".