Marshall Allen

Marshall Allen fascinates me as a living link to an entire lineage of avant-garde jazz. Best known for his decades with Sun Ra and for leading the Arkestra since 1995, he is the kind of artist who treats music as a lifelong vocation rather than a career. What I find moving is his sheer range: alto saxophone, flute, oboe, piccolo, even the EWI. To still be making sound well past the age most people retire feels almost defiant. I respect musicians who keep their flame burning that long, and his 2012 Pew Fellowship feels like a fitting nod to that endurance.

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Name (English)

Marshall Allen

Name (Japanese)

マーシャル・アレン

Reading

まーしゃる・あれん

Born

May 25, 1924 (age 102)

Origin

Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Occupation

oboist / jazz musician / saxophonist / musician

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Rat

Awards & achievements

• 2012 Pew Fellowship in the Arts

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall%20Allen
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1802829

Tags

• Kentucky
• oboist
• jazz musician
• saxophonist

Last updated

September 25, 2026

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