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Marshall Allen

Real Name:
Marshall Belford Allen
Profile:
American free jazz alto saxophonist. Born May 25, 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky. Also performs on flute, oboe, piccolo, and EVI (an electronic valve instrument made by the Akai company).
Best known for his long association with Sun Ra, lasting from the late 1950s until Ra's death, after which Allen has continued to lead the Sun Ra Arkestra.
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Discography

Releases:
PoZest (CD, Album)   CIMP 2000
The All-Star Game (CD)   Eremite Records 2003
Appears On:
When Sun Comes Out (LP, Album)   Saturn Research 1963
Fate In A Pleasant Mood (LP, Album) Kingdom Of Thunder Saturn Research 1965
The Heliocentric Worlds Of Sun Ra, Vol. I (Album) (5 versions)   ESP Disk ... 1965
Strange Strings (Album) (3 versions)   Saturn Research ... 1966
The Heliocentric Worlds Of Sun Ra Vol. 2 (Album) (2 versions)   Fontana ... 1966
The Heliocentric Worlds Of Sun Ra, Vol. II (Album) (4 versions)   ESP Disk ... 1966
The Magic City (Album) (3 versions)   Saturn Research ... 1966
Atlantis (Album) (3 versions)   Saturn Research ... 1969
Holiday For Soul Dance (LP, Album)   Saturn Research 1970
It's After The End Of The World - Live At The Donaueschingen And Berlin Festivals (Album) (3 versions)   MPS Records ... 1970
My Brother The Wind (LP, Album)   Saturn Research 1970
My Brother The Wind, Vol II (Album) (2 versions)   Saturn Research ... 1971
Nuits De La Fondation Maeght Volume 1 (2 versions)   Shandar ... 1971
Nuits De La Fondation Maeght Volume 2 (2 versions)   Shandar ... 1971
Pictures Of Infinity (Album) (3 versions)   Black Lion ... 1971
The Solar-Myth Approach (Album) (3 versions)   Affinity ... 1971
Bad And Beautiful (2 versions)   Saturn Records ... 1972
Astro Black (LP, Quad, Gat)   Impulse! 1973
Atlantis (LP)   Impulse!, ABC Records 1973
Discipline 27-II (LP, Album)   El Saturn Records 1973
Live In Paris At The "Gibus" (Album) (3 versions) Spontaneous Simplicity Atlantic ... 1973
Space Is The Place (Album) (4 versions)   Blue Thumb Records ... 1973
The Magic City (LP)   Impulse! 1973
Angels And Demons At Play (LP, Album) Tiny Pyramids Impulse! 1974
Bad & Beautiful (LP, Gat)   ABC Records 1975
Pathways To Unknown Worlds (LP, Quad, W/Lbl, Promo)   ABC Records, Impulse! 1975
Cosmos (Album) (5 versions)   Blue Silver ... 1976
Lanquidity (Album) (3 versions)   Philly Jazz Inc. ... 1978
Live At Montreux (2xLP)   Inner City Records 1978
The Solar-Myth Approach Vol. 1 (Album) (5 versions)   BYG Records ... 1978
Sleeping Beauty (Album) (3 versions)   Art Yard ... 1979
The Other Side Of The Sun (Album) (3 versions)   Universe (3) ... 1979
Strange Celestial Road (Album) (4 versions)   Y Records ... 1980
Sunrise In Different Dimensions (Album) (3 versions)   Hat Hut Records 1981
We Are In The Future (LP, RE)   Savoy Jazz 1984
Cosmo Sun Connection (Album) (2 versions)   El Saturn Records ... 1985
Live At Pit-Inn Tokyo, Japan, 8, 8, 1988 (LP)   DIW Records 1988
Stay Awake (Various Interpretations Of Music From Vintage Disney Films) (Album, Comp) (3 versions) Pink Elephants On Para... A&M Records 1988
Hours After (Album) (3 versions)   Black Saint 1989
Out There A Minute (CD)   Blast First 1989
Purple Night (CD, Album)   A&M Records 1990
Jazz In Silhouette (CD, Album, RE)   Evidence Music, Inc. 1991
Sound Sun Pleasure!! (CD, Album)   Evidence Music, Inc. 1991
Cosmic Tones For Mental Therapy / Art Forms Of Dimensions Tomorrow (CD)   Evidence Music, Inc. 1992
Other Planes Of There (CD, Album, RE)   Evidence Music, Inc. 1992
Visits Planet Earth / Interstellar Low Ways (CD, Comp, RE)   Evidence Music, Inc. 1992
Angels And Demons At Play / The Nubians Of Plutonia (CD, Comp, RE)   Evidence Music, Inc. 1993
Destination Unknown (CD, Album)   Enja Records 1993
Fate In A Pleasant Mood / When Sun Comes Out (CD, Comp, RM, RE) Kingdom Of Thunder Evidence Music, Inc. 1993
Outer Spaceways Incorporated (CD, Album, RM)   Black Lion 1993
Soundtrack To Space Is The Place (CD, Album, RM)   Evidence Music, Inc. 1993
The Futuristic Sounds Of Sun Ra (Album) (4 versions)   Savoy Jazz ... 1993
Brotherhood (Comp) (2 versions) Where Pathways Meet Luv N' Haight 1994
Second Star To The Right (Tribute To Walt Disney) (CD, Album)   Leo Records 1995
Live In London 1990 (CD)   Blast First 1996
Black Myth / Out In Space (2xCD)   Motor Music 1998
Calling Planet Earth (3xCD, Box) Somewhere There, Outer... Freedom, Freedom, Freedom, Da Music 1998
Nothing Is... (Album) (6 versions)   Get Back ... 1998
Somewhere Else (Album) (2 versions) Discipline / Tall Tree... Rounder Records ... 1998
In Egypt (CD, Album, RE)   Golden Years Of New Jazz 1999
Outer Space Employment Agency (Album) (2 versions)   Total Energy 1999
Barrage (Album) (2 versions)   Calibre (3) ... 2000
Jazzactuel (Comp) (4 versions) The Utter-Nots Charly Schallplatten GmbH ... 2000
Outer Space Suite (12")   Tino Corp. 2000
The Dropper (CD, Album) Partido Alto Blue Note 2000
The Great Lost Sun Ra Albums (2xCD, Album) The Eternal Sphynx, Su... Evidence Music, Inc. 2000
When Angels Speak Of Love (CD, Album) Celestial Fantasy Evidence Music, Inc. 2000
Batman And Robin (Album) (3 versions)   Universe (3) 2001
It Is Forbidden (CD)   Total Energy 2001
Jazzactuel (CD) The Utter Nots Fuel 2000 2001
Nuclear War (Album) (2 versions)   Atavistic ... 2001
The Solar Myth Approach, Vol. 2 (Album) (4 versions)   BYG Records ... 2001
Mayan Temples (2xLP, RE)   Mo'Smog Records 2002
Music From Tomorrow's World (Album) (2 versions)   Atavistic ... 2002
The Wire 20 1982 - 2002: Audio Issue (3xCD, Comp + Box) Ancient Ethiopia Mute Records Ltd. 2002
H.Con.Res.57 Treasure Box (4xCD)   Eremite Records 2003
Spaceship Lullaby (CD)   Atavistic 2003
Sun Ra Dedication : The Myth Lives On (CD) Space Chord 1 Kindred Spirits 2003
Double Negative (CD, Album)   Cuneiform Records 2004
Heliocentric Worlds Vol. 3 : The Lost Tapes (CD, Album)   ESP Disk 2005
Heliocentric Worlds Volumes 1 And 2 (CD, Comp)   ESP Disk 2005
On Jupiter (Album) (2 versions)   Art Yard 2005
Beyond The Purple Star Zone (LP)   Art Yard 2006
Firestorm (CD, Album)   ugEXPLODE 2007
Hiroshima (LP)   Art Yard 2007
Horizon (CD)   Art Yard 2008
Milan, Zurich, West Berlin, Paris (5xCD, Album + Box)   Transparency 2008
Secrets Of The Sun (CD, RM)   Atavistic 2008
Some Blues But Not The Kind That's Blue (CD, RE)   Atavistic 2008
Supreme Balloon (2xLP, Album) Mister Mouth Matador 2008
Baba Lu Aye (Rezo): Aberiku To Agua (12")   Premiere Cru Music 2009
Featuring Pharoah Sanders And Black Harold (CD, Album, RE)   ESP Disk 2009
Angels And Demons At Play (LP, Album, RM)   Saturn Research  
Cosmic Tones For Mental Therapy (LP)   Saturn Research  
Drums! Drums! Drums! (LP)   Roulette Records  
Fondation Maeght Nights - Volume 2 (CD)   Jazz View  
Visits Planet Earth (LP, Ltd, Mono, RE) Planet Earth, Overtone... El Saturn Records  
Volume 14 (2xLP, RE, Comp)   Monkey Records (4)  
Tracks Appear On:
Super Street 4 "Rude Dogs" (Cass, Ltd, Comp, C90) Untitled Fag Tapes 2005
Unofficial Releases:
Cosmic Equation (Album) (3 versions)   Magic Music ... 1983
Dancing Shadows (Album) (2 versions)   Magic Music ... 1983
The Heliocentric Worlds Of Sun Ra II (Album) (4 versions)   Base Record ... 1983
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