Editing Red Allen (section)

{{Short description|American jazz trumpeter and vocalist (1908–1967)}}
{{About|the jazz musician|the bluegrass singer and guitarist|Red Allen (bluegrass)}}
{{Other people|Henry Allen}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name               = Red Allen
| image              = File:Red allen loc 02.jpg
| caption             = Allen at the [[Onyx Club (New York City)|Onyx Club]], New York City<br />c. May 1946<br />Photo: [[William P. Gottlieb]]
| background        = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_name        = Henry James Allen Jr.
| birth_date          = {{Birth date|1908|1|7|mf=yes}}
| birth_place         = [[Algiers, New Orleans|Algiers, New Orleans, Louisiana]], U.S.
| death_date        = {{death date and age|1967|4|17|1908|1|7|mf=yes}}
| death_place       = [[New York City]], New York, U.S.
| genre               = [[Jazz]]
| occupation        = Musician
| instrument        = Trumpet
| years_active      = 1924–1967
}}

'''Henry James "Red" Allen Jr.''' (January 7, 1908 – April 17, 1967) was an American [[jazz]] trumpeter and vocalist whose playing has been described by [[Joachim-Ernst Berendt]] and others as the first to fully incorporate the innovations of [[Louis Armstrong]].<ref name="Berendt">{{cite book |last=Berendt|first=Joachim|author-link=Joachim-Ernst Berendt | title=The Jazz Book|publisher=Paladin | year=1976|pages=187–188}}</ref><ref name="RCJE">{{Cite book|last=Cook|first=Richard|year=2005|title=Richard Cook's Jazz Encyclopedia|publisher=Penguin Books|location=London|isbn=0-141-00646-3|page=9}}</ref>