Marshall Allen
Birthday: 1924-05-25 | Place of Birth: Louisville, Kentucky, USAMarshall 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.
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Known For
Acting
Year
Title
Role
1984
Mystery Mister Ra
as Self
1980
Sun Ra: A Joyful Noise
as Himself
1974
Space Is the Place
as Arkestra member
1
Sounds of the Desert
as Self
