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Carl Allen

Born: Apr 25, 1961 in Milwaukee, WI

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Styles: Post-Bop, Hard Bop

Biography: Carl Allen, a fine drummer who has worked with Freddie Hubbard, Jackie McLean, George Coleman, Art Farmer, and Benny Green, fit right in with the band Message, which recorded The Art of Blakey in the late '80s. He went on to lead his own sessions for Timeless, Atlantic, and Evidence in addition to working ...Read full biography

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Testimonial

Released: 1994

Label: Atlantic

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Allen's a decent though hardly extraordinary mainstream drummer who here leads an all-star neo-bop contingent in a set of standards and originals. Nothing surprising about the general conservatism of the ...Read full review

Pursuer

Released: 1993

Label: Atlantic

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Drummer Carl Allen welcomed some of "The Young Lions" to his Atlantic CD, including altoist Vincent Herring, Teodross Avery on tenor, and trumpeter Marcus Printup. The music, essentially modern mainstream ...Read full review

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