An Interview with Joe Gallivan, the Jazz Drummer Praised by Stravinsky and Ignored by Nearly Everyone Else

by Dave SegalJoe Gallivan: Shafted countless times by the music biz and still drumming.
If you’re a serious jazz head, you may have seen Joe Gallivan’s name in the credits of some heavy records. But even among fanatics and scholars of the music, he’s way more obscure than he should be. A drummer and synthesizer player born in 1937, Gallivan was a catalyst for one of the greatest albums ever: Love Cry Want’s self-titled 1972 album. (You can read my review of it for Jazz Ti