Daily News | At 99 years old, Marshall Allen is still exploring Sun Ra’s ‘space music’
Allen joined the Arkestra in the 1950s after becoming enraptured with the intense, chaotic style of the band’s founder Herman Poole Blount aka Sun Ra. He heard a demo and began attending rehearsals on Chicago’s South Side.“Every night I’d go up there with my horn, but I didn’t play. I’d just listen to the band,” Allen said. “I couldn’t play the music... the way it’s supposed to be done.
The band moved from Chicago to New York before landing in Philadelphia’s Germantown. After Sun Ra’s death in 1993, Allen became the leader of the group. The 16-member Arkestra played sold out shows in New York, Baltimore and Philly to celebrate Allen’s 99th birthday.
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