CARL ALLEN

Post Bop / Hard Bop / Post-Fusion Contemporary • United States
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American jazz drummer, sideman, bandleader, entrepreneur and educator.

Born April 25, 1961 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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With over 150 recordings to his credit, the gifted Milwaukee-born, New York-based drummer, sideman, bandleader, entrepreneur, and educator, Carl Allen’s profound and propulsive percolations provided soulful and syncopated support for nearly three decades.

Born on April 25, 1961, Allen grew up on gospel, R&B, and funk, but later turned to jazz after hearing an LP by the legendary saxophonist Benny Carter. He studied with drum instructor Roy Sneider and band director Robert Siemele. His first hometown gigs were with sax greats Sonny Stitt and James Moody. Allen studied at The University of Wisconsin at Green Bay from 1979 to 1981, and transferred to William Patterson College in New Jersey, where he graduated in 1983 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Jazz Studies and Performance. Allen joined trumpeter Freddie Hubbard a year before his graduation, served as his Musical
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CARL ALLEN Carl Allen & Manhattan Projects : The Dark Side Of Dewey album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Carl Allen & Manhattan Projects : The Dark Side Of Dewey
Post Bop 1992
CARL ALLEN Carl Allen And Manhattan Projects : Piccadilly Square album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Carl Allen And Manhattan Projects : Piccadilly Square
Hard Bop 1993
CARL ALLEN Carl Allen & Manhattan Projects : Echoes Of Our Heroes album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Carl Allen & Manhattan Projects : Echoes Of Our Heroes
Post Bop 1993
CARL ALLEN The Pursuer album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Pursuer
Post Bop 1994
CARL ALLEN Testimonial album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Testimonial
Post Bop 1995
CARL ALLEN Carl Allen & Manhattan Projects : We Remember Cannonball album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Carl Allen & Manhattan Projects : We Remember Cannonball
Post Bop 1997
CARL ALLEN Carl Allen & Rodney Whitaker : Get Ready album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Carl Allen & Rodney Whitaker : Get Ready
Hard Bop 2007
CARL ALLEN Carl Allen & Rodney Whitaker : Work To Do album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Carl Allen & Rodney Whitaker : Work To Do
Post-Fusion Contemporary 2009
CARL ALLEN Tippin' album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Tippin'
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