Portrait of Barry Altschul

Barry Altschul

Musicians · drummer

🇺🇸 United States

American drummer

About Barry Altschul

Barry Altschul (born January 6, 1943, in New York City) is an American free jazz and hard bop drummer, who first came to notice in the late 1960s for performing with pianists Paul Bley and Chick Corea.

Quick facts

Known for
Stop Time (Live at Prince Street, 1978), Ricochet, The Art of Percussion
Born
1943-01-06
Artist type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
New York
Associated area
United States
Active period
1943-01-06
Genres
avant-garde jazz, free jazz, jazz, post-bop
Music tags
avant-garde jazz, free jazz, jazz, post-bop
ISNI
000000007365409X

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