Stoller, Alvin
(1925–1992)
STOLLER, ALVIN (7 Oct 1925, New York, New York; 19 Oct 1992, Los Angeles, California). A drumset artist who also recorded as a singer, Alvin Stoller played on Buddy Rich’s “vocal” album and worked in New York and Hollywood, recording for television, film, and radio. His many collaborators on stage and in the studio over several decades included Erroll Garner, Ray Brown, Oscar Peterson, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Ben Webster, Buddy DeFranco, Art Tatum, Benny Goodman (1942), Charlie Spivak…