Editing Marshall Allen (section)

{{Short description|American jazz saxophonist (born 1924)}}
{{for|the journalist|Marshall Allen (journalist)}}
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| image             = Marshall Allen-0269.jpg
| caption           = Allen in 2019
| background        = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_name        = Marshall Belford Allen
| alias             = 
| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|1924|5|25}}
| death_date        = {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}}
| birth_place       = [[Louisville, Kentucky]], U.S.
| instrument        = {{hlist|[[Saxophone]]|[[flute]]|[[oboe]]|[[piccolo]]|[[EWI (musical instrument)|EWI]]}}
| genre             = [[Jazz]]
| occupation        = Musician
| years_active      = 
| label             = {{hlist|[[CIMP]]|ESP Disc|[[Eremite Records]]|[[RareNoiseRecords]]|Mulata}}
| current_member_of = [[The Sun Ra Arkestra]]
| website           = 
| current_members   = 
| past_members      = 
| module            = {{infobox military person|embed=yes
| allegiance = {{flagicon|USA}} United States
| branch = [[United States Army]]
| unit =[[92nd Infantry Division (United States)|92nd Infantry Division]]
| battles = [[World War II]]
}}
}}

'''Marshall Belford Allen''' (born May 25, 1924)<ref name="LarkinGE">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-939-0|page=65}}</ref> is an American [[free jazz]] and [[avant-garde jazz]] [[alto saxophone]] player.<ref name="RCJE">{{Cite book
 | last = Cook
 | first = Richard
 | year = 2005
 | title = Richard Cook's Jazz Encyclopedia
 | url = https://archive.org/details/richardcooksjazz00rich
 | url-access = registration
 | publisher = Penguin Books
 | location = London
 | isbn = 0-141-00646-3
 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/richardcooksjazz00rich/page/9 9]
}}</ref> He also performs on [[flute]], [[oboe]], [[piccolo]], and the [[EWI (musical instrument)|EWI]].

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 [[The Sun Ra Arkestra]] since 1995, after Sun Ra's death in 1993 and [[John Gilmore (musician)|John Gilmore]]'s death two years later.<ref name="AllMusic">Jason Ankeny, [http://www.allmusic.com/artist/marshall-allen-mn0000299353 "Marshall Allen biography"], AllMusic.</ref> Critic Jason Ankeny describes Marshall as "one of the most distinctive and original saxophonists of the postwar era."<ref name="AllMusic" />