Marshall Allen
Issue 489
November 2024
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Marshall Allen 100th birthday reading
May 2024
To mark the 100th birthday of saxophonist Marshall Allen on 25 May, we have made three articles featuring the Sun Ra Arkestra bandleader free to read in our online library: Allen’s Invisible Jukebox from 2004, a 2015 interview by David Keenan, and Val Wilmer’s 2014 essay on Allen's formative time in Paris during the 1940s.
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Premiere: Sun Ra Arkestra
October 2020
The Wire 440 cover stars share a track from their forthcoming album Swirling
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New film seeks funds to realise Marshall Allen's dream
New film seeks funds to realise Marshall Allen's dream
Wizard Of The Sun will document performances at La Tor Poschiavo and interview members of The Sun Ra Mythic Dream Arkestra
Issue 380
October 2015
News
Marshall Allen, James Harrar and Daevid Allen collaboration released
Marshall Allen, James Harrar and Daevid Allen collaboration released
The Arkestra leader's Cinema Soloriens duo upload recordings made with Gong founder Allen and others
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Marshall Allen compiles Sun Ra material for Strut
Marshall Allen compiles Sun Ra material for Strut
Strut and Art Yard releasing Ra primer this September, curated by Arkestra bandleader and including previously unreleased tracks.
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Listen: Marshall Allen & Kash Killion track
May 2014
Listen to "Blacken Blues", a track from Marshall Allen and Kash Killion's Two Stars In The Universe album
Issue 363
May 2014
News
New Marshall Allen album to be released by Swiss Sun Ra collector
New Marshall Allen album to be released by Swiss Sun Ra collector
Sun Ra Arkestra bandleader releasing new material with bandmate Kash Killon, in a vinyl only release on new Swiss label Little Rocket.
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Marshall Allen and the Sun Ra Arkestra at Taktlos in Zurich
Marshall Allen and the Sun Ra Arkestra at Taktlos in Zurich
Celebrating the festival's 30th birthday and what would have been Sun Ra's 100th birthday with a performance
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Arkestra play Barbican on centenerary of Sun Ra's birth and Marshall Allen's 90th
Arkestra play Barbican on centenerary of Sun Ra's birth and Marshall Allen's 90th
Jazz collective return to London's Barbican in May to celebrate two birthdays.
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Sun Ra Arkestra's Marshall Allen hosting masterclass at Wysing
Sun Ra Arkestra's Marshall Allen hosting masterclass at Wysing
Marshall Allen, Soft Machine founder Daevid Allen, James Harrar and Roro hosting free afternoon masterclass at Wysing Arts Centre.
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Cinema Soloriens & The Cosmo Drama
Cinema Soloriens & The Cosmo Drama
Marshall Allen (Sun Ra Arkestra), James Harrar and Eric Thielemans perform live to Harrar's experimental film work, plus a restored film from the...
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Marshall Allen exclusive ticket offer
Marshall Allen exclusive ticket offer
Readers of The Wire can get specially discounted tickets for exclusive London concert
In Conversation
Marshall Allen Invisible Jukebox
January 2005
Invisible Jukebox extract - tested by Edwin Pouncey
