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Henry 'Red' Allen |
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Name: Henry 'Red' Allen
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Henry James Allen, Jr. |
| Born: |
7 Jan 1908 |
| Died: |
17 Apr 1967 |
| Origin: |
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
| Instruments: |
Trumpet, Vocal |
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| Henry 'Red' Allen was an influential jazz trumpeter. He was the son of the noted bandleader Henry Allen. He took early trumpet lessons from Peter Bocage and Manuel Manetta, some of his lessons from Manetta were took together with another promising young trumpeter, Emmett Hardy.
Allen was playing professionally by 1924, playing with the Excelsior Brass Band and the jazz dance bands of Sam Morgan, George Lewis (clarinetist) and John Casimir. After playing on riverboats on the Mississippi River, he went to New York City in 1927 to join King Oliver's band. At this time he also made recordings on the side in the band of Clarence Williams. After returning briefly to New Orleans where he worked with the bands of Fate Marable and Fats Pichon, he was offered a recording contract with Victor Records and returned to New York, where he also joined the Luis Russell band, which was then taken over by Louis Armstrong. |
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