OTTE, ALLEN CARL (, Sheyboygan, Wisconsin). Al Otte attended the University of Illinois (1972), earned a bachelor’s degree from the Oberlin Conservatory (1972) and a master’s degree from Northern Illinois University (1977), and studied with Herbert Brün, Richard Weiner, and Michael Rosen . Founder of the Oberlin Improvisation Group, he played with the Toledo Symphony and subbed with the Cleveland Symphony.
Otte chartered the Black Earth Percussion Group (1972-79), whose...