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John Gilmore
John Gilmore
American tenor saxophonist
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Sun Ra
Sun Ra
American jazz composer and bandleader (1914-1993)
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Danny Ray Thompson
Danny Ray Thompson
American jazz musician
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Laurdine "Pat" Patrick
Laurdine "Pat" Patrick
American jazz musician
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Michael Ray
Michael Ray
American jazz trumpeter and composer
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Phil Cohran
Phil Cohran
American trumpeter
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Archie Shepp
Archie Shepp
American jazz musician
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Paul Bley
Paul Bley
Canadian free jazz, post-bop pianist and keyboardist
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John Surman
John Surman
British saxophonist and clarinetist
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Aram Shelton
Aram Shelton
American clarinetist and jazz musician
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Charles Davis
Charles Davis
American musician
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Sonny Rollins
Sonny Rollins
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Greg Osby
Greg Osby
American musician
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Craig S. Harris
Craig S. Harris
American musician
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Benny Carter
Benny Carter
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)
Marshall Allen
American saxophonist

Marshall Allen

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American saxophonist
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Awards Received
Pew Fellowship in the Arts

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 EVI (an electronic valve instrument made by Steiner, Crumar company).

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 Sun Ra's Arkestra since 1993. Critic Jason Ankeny describes Marshall as "one of the most distinctive and original saxophonists of the postwar era."