Allan Schwartzberg

Allan Schwartzberg is an American musician and record producer. He has previously been a member of the bands Mountain and The Group with No Name. He has experienced success as a prolific session musician, mostly through recordings made in the 1970s. He has also played on hits such as Gloria Gaynors Never Can Say Goodbye, and Peter Gabriels Solsbury Hill. He has played with many musicians including John Lennon, James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, Alice Cooper, Kiss, Roxy Music, Rod Stewart, Robert Palmer, Roberta Flack, Harry Chapin, Barbra Streisand, Deodato and Roger Daltrey.

Allan Schwartzberg was born in New York City and began playing the drums at the age of ten. He attended the Manhattan School of Music for three years, studying percussion with Morris Goldenberg but he claims that his real education was listening to and memorizing the work of musicians including Max Roach, Elvin Jones and Philly Joe Jones. Atyears old, he was the house drummer at the Half Note Club in downtown New York, performing with a variety of jazz musicians including Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, Roy Eldridge, Bob Brookmeyer, Richie Kamuca, Jim Hall, Ron Carter, Anita ODay and Jimmy Rushing.

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