page_title: Allen Blairman
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Allen Blairman / Career
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Schlagzeuger Allen Blairmann English: Drummer Allen Blairman
context_page_description: Allen Blairman is an American jazz drummer best known for his performing and recording with Albert Ayler and Mal Waldron.
context_section_description: In 1968 Blairman 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 groupe 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.
caption: Allen Blairmann
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