Marshall Allen
Known for Acting · 7 credits
- Born
- 1924-05-25 (age 102)
- Place of birth
- Louisville, Kentucky, USA
- Also known as
- Marshall Belford Allen · Sun Ra Arkestra
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.
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About Marshall Allen
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. With 7 credits spanning from 1966 to 2026, Marshall Allen has appeared in 7 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Marshall Allen Movies
- Sun Ra: A Joyful Noise (1980) — as Himself
- The Magic Sun (1966)
- Space Is the Place (1974) — as Arkestra member
- Sounds of the Desert (2026) — as Self
- Mystery Mister Ra (1984) — as Self
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