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Marshall Allen

1924-05-25 (100 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.

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Mystery Mister Ra
0 %|Jul 4, 1984
Music, Documentary
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Sun Ra: A Joyful Noise
61 %|Oct 1, 1980
Documentary, Music
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Space Is the Place
60 %|Nov 1, 1974
Science Fiction
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Spaceways
60 %|Jan 1, 1968
Documentary, Music
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The Magic Sun
62 %|Jan 1, 1966
Documentary, Music
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Sounds of the Desert
0 %|Invalid Date
Documentary

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