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Marshall Allen

American free jazz saxophonist

Louisville, United States • b. 1924-05-25

Marshall Allen is credited on 733 releases across 190 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1954–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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733

Pressings credited

190

Albums

8

Decades active

101

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Biography

Marshall Belford Allen (born May 25, 1924) is an American free jazz and avant-garde jazz alto saxophone player. He also performs on flute, oboe, piccolo, and the EWI. Allen is best known for his work with Sun Ra, having recorded and performed mostly in this context since the late 1950s, and having led The Sun Ra Arkestra since 1995, after Sun Ra's death in 1993 and John Gilmore's death two years later. Critic Jason Ankeny describes Marshall as "one of the most distinctive and original saxophonists of the postwar era."

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733 releases · 190 albums · active 1954–2026

  • Performance · 2,162
  • Other credits · 206

Studios: RLA Sound Studios · El Saturn Studio · Sun Studios, New York · Medallion Studios

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