Marshall Allen
May 25, 1924 (101 years old) in Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Marshall Belford Allen is a native Kentuckian born in Louisville on May 25, 1924. He is most famously known for his avant-garde jazz and free jazz work with bandleader / keyboardist Sun Ra, with whom he recorded from the late 1950s until Ra's passing in 1993. Allen plays the alto saxophone, oboe, piccolo, flute, and EVI. Aside from Sun Ra's Arkestra, Allen recorded with Paul Bley's band in 1964 and Olatunji's group in the mid-1960s. Allen has been the Arkestra's bandleader since the deaths of Ra and John Gilmore.
Known For

Sun Ra: A Joyful Noise
Himself

Space Is the Place
Arkestra member

Spaceways
Himself

Mystery Mister Ra
Self

Sounds of the Desert
Self
Credits
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Sounds of the Desert FutureSelf★ NR
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Mystery Mister Ra 1984Self★ NR
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Himself★ 6.2
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Space Is the Place 1974Arkestra member★ 5.9
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Spaceways 1968Himself★ 6
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The Magic Sun 1966★ 6