Irv Kluger

[1] Kluger played violin early in life before settling on drums; his first professional gigs came at age 15.

He played with Georgie Auld in 1942-43, then with Bob Chester, Freddie Slack, Dizzy Gillespie (1945), Boyd Raeburn (1945–47), Bobby Byrne and Herbie Fields (1947).

[1] He played less jazz after 1950, working in the pit orchestras of Broadway shows such as Guys and Dolls (1950–53).

In the middle of the 1950s he moved to California and played at the Moulin Rouge in Hollywood as the house drummer.

[1] He played with Dave Pell in 1956, and with Benny Goodman and Woody Herman later in life, doing much freelance work through the 1960s and 1970s.

Portrait of Boyd Raeburn , Ginnie Powell , vocalist Johnson, Irv Kluger, Pete Candoli , Wes Hensel, Gordon Boswell, Hy Mandell, Randy Bellerjeau, Abe Markowitz, and Buddy De Franco , Nola's, New York