Person Details
Birthday: 1924-05-25 15:55:31
Aliases: Marshall Belford Allen , Sun Ra Arkestra
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Homepage: http://sunraarkestra.com
Movie Involvements: 1
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
Biography
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.
Most Famous Work
Space Is the Place
(1974) Arkestra memberActing
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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1984 | N/A | |
1980 | Himself | |
1974 | Arkestra member | |
1968 | Himself | |
1966 | N/A | |
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