Allan Ganley

Allan Ganley

Allan Ganley

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Johnny Cousin Drum Solo [From All Night Long 1962]
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Together Talk

Albums

  • The Complete Quartet & Jazzmakers Sessions 1957-59

    Sep 2014 • 16 songs

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Allan Ganley

Biography

Drummer Allan Ganley has been busy on the British jazz scene since the early '50s, his interest in syncopated, swinging music developing a decade earlier when he was a child. He began playing drums at 16, joined the Royal Air Force a few years later and was a professional percussionist by the time he rejoined civilian life at the age of 20. In the first half of the '50s he worked with bandleaders such as Jack Parnell, Ambrose, and Johnny Dankworth. The drummer formed an ensemble vaguely known as the New Jazz Group in 1957 featuring trumpeter Dizzy Reece and pianist Derek Smith...
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