American jazz musician, band leader

Red Allen

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American jazz musician, band leader
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Henry "Red" Allen and his Orchestra

Henry James "Red" Allen (January 7, 1908 – April 17, 1967) was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist whose playing has been claimed by Joachim-Ernst Berendt and others as the first to fully incorporate the innovations of Louis Armstrong.