Drummer Alan Munshower, recognized for both his light touch and imaginative playing, has become one of the busiest freelance drummers in the Baltimore/DC region. Born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1979, Alan began pursuing drums at the age of 10 and moved to Baltimore in 1998 to study music on scholarship at Goucher College. Since earning his B.A. in music, Alan has performed at a variety of festivals including Jazz a Vienne (France), Canadian Music Week, and the All Good Festival, and at venues such as The Blue Note New York, the 55 Bar, the Knitting Factory, and Twins Jazz. His duet with pianist Nobu Stowe has a recently released album on the Soul Note / Black Saint label, featuring tabla master, Badal Roy. As a sideman, Alan can be seen regularly with Eva Castillo, Satabdi Express, MacGregor Burns Band, and Sac Au Lait.

Alan maintains a small private studio of percussion students in addition to teaching at studios in Annapolis, Maryland and Ellicott City, Maryland. He leads a regular Jazz Jam at Charlotte’s in the Federal Hill neighborhood of Baltimore.