June Gardner

Albert Gardner (December 31,1930 – November 19, 2010),[1] known as June Gardner or Gentleman June Gardner, was an American jazz and R&B drummer from New Orleans.[2]

Born in New Orleans, he started his professional career after leaving school, and toured with Lil Green before joining Edgar Blanchard's band. In the early 1950s he joined Roy Brown's band and played with Brown throughout the decade before linking up with Sam Cooke in 1960. He worked as a studio musician in New Orleans, playing on Lee Dorsey's 1966 hit "Working in the Coal Mine" among many others, and in 1968 released an album under his own name, Bustin' Out. He joined Lionel Hampton's orchestra, before forming his own band, June Gardner and the Fellas. He also performed at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.[3]

He died in New Orleans in 2010, aged 79.

References
  1. WWOZ obituary Archived 2013-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
  2. NPR blog
  3. New Orleans Jazz Fest 2011 remembers Walter Payton Jr. and Albert 'June' Gardner by Dave Walker in The Times-Picayune for May 7, 2011

June Gardner at Find a Grave

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