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Man

25 May 1924 (100)

Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Marshall Allen

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.

Space Is the Place

1 November 1974

The Magic Sun

1 January 1966

Sun Ra: A Joyful Noise

1 October 1980

Spaceways

1 January 1968

Sounds of the Desert

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Mystery Mister Ra

4 July 1984