ALBUMHarry Allen & Dave Blenkhorn Play the Music of Phil MorrisonHarry Allen & Dave Blenkhorn
ALBUMMy Reverie by Special Request (feat. Dave Blenkhorn, Mike Karn & Quentin Baxter)Harry Allen
ALBUMLush Life - Christmas in New YorkJon-Erik Kellso, Harry Allen & James Chirillo
ALBUMMilo's IllinoisHarry Allen & Mike Karn
ALBUMUnder a Blanket of BlueDave Blenkhorn & Harry Allen
ALBUMThe Bloody Happy SongHarry Allen
ALBUMRhode Island Is Famous for YouHarry Allen & Mike Renzi
ALBUMDear Old StockholmVladimir Shafranov & Harry Allen
ALBUMCan You Love Once More?Judy Carmichael & Harry Allen
ALBUMLive!Scott Hamilton & Harry Allen
ALBUMSomething About JobimHarry Allen
ALBUMFor George, Cole and DukeHarry Allen
ALBUMQuietly ThereHarry Allen & Jan Lundgren Quartet
ALBUMFlying Over RioHarry Allen
ALBUMI Walk With MusicHarry Allen, Rossano Sportiello & Joel Forbes
ALBUM'Round MidnightHarry Allen & Scott Hamilton
ALBUMConversationsHarry Allen & Rossano Sportiello
ALBUMRhythm On the River (feat. Warren Vaché)Harry Allen
ALBUMWhen Larry Met HarryLarry Goldings & Harry Allen
ALBUMNew York State of MindHarry Allen, Rossano Sportiello, Joel Forbes, CHUCK RIGGS & John Allred
ALBUMDay DreamHarry Allen
ALBUMEu Não Quero Dançar - I Won't DanceHarry Allen
ALBUMEmma's GrooveCédric Caillaud & Harry Allen
ALBUMI Love ManciniHarry Allen
ALBUMHits By BritsHarry Allen
ALBUMCocktails for TwoHarry Allen & Joe Temperley
ALBUMTurnstile (feat. The Rias Big Band) [Music of the Trumpet Kings]Harry Allen & Randy Sandke
ALBUMAmerican Songbook, Vol. 3 (Special Guest: Harry Allen)Olaf Polziehn, Ingmar Heller, Troy Davis & Harry Allen
ALBUMThe Harry Allen QuartetHarry Allen
ALBUMCliffhanger (feat. Mulgrew Miller, Peter Washington & Kenny Washington)Randy Sandke & Harry Allen
ALBUMHeavy JuiceHarry Allen & Scott Hamilton
ALBUMI Can See ForeverHarry Allen
ALBUMCole Porter SongbookHarry Allen
ALBUMHere's to ZootHarry Allen
ALBUMAllan and AllenAllan Vaché & Harry Allen
ALBUMDreamerHarry Allen
ALBUMWhen I Grow Too Old to DreamHarry Allen
ALBUMHarry Allen Plays Ellington SongsHarry Allen
ALBUMOnce Upon a SummertimeHarry Allen
ALBUMHarry Allen Meets the John Pizzarelli TrioHarry Allen
ALBUMTenors Anyone?Harry Allen
ALBUMThe Back Room RompHarry Allen & Keith Ingham
ALBUMHow Long Has This Been Going On?Harry Allen
About Harry Allen
Artist Biography
A swinging jazz saxophonist, Harry Allen is a highly regarded performer whose musical inspiration and interpretive approach come from the giants and innovators of mainstream saxophone, including Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, Stan Getz, Illinois Jacquet, and Lester Young. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Allen has generally eschewed the modern, avant-garde, and impressionist schools of jazz of John Coltrane, Archie Shepp, and Ornette Coleman. Born in Washington, D.C. in 1966, Allen grew up in a musical family as the son of big-band drummer Maurice Allen. He started off with accordion lessons before there was a fortuitous switch to saxophone. Attending Rutgers University, Allen studied with Sahib Shihab, Bob Mintzer, and John Purcell.
While there, he got his first gig with the help of master bass player Major Holley, replacing Zoot Sims in a studio recording with John Bunch, George Masso, Bucky Pizzarelli, and Ruby Braff. Wholley also led Allen to Oliver Jackson, whom Allen subsequently accompanied on several tours to Europe. A 1986 session with Kenny Barron was Allen's first recording date. After that, Allen made his debut as a leader on 1988's How Long Has This Been Going On?
From there, he delivered a steady stream of recordings under his name for such labels as Progressive, Audiophile, and Nagel-Heyer. Later, his recordings were with major-label RCA-Victor, including 1999's Harry Allen Meets the John Pizzarelli Trio and 2000's Plays Ellington Songs. Three of his albums were awarded a Gold Disc by Swing Journal magazine, and his CD Tenors Anyone won both the Gold Disc and New Star awards. He has also recorded as a sideman with Bucky Pizzarelli (with whom he performs quite frequently), Warren Vache, and Jeff Hamilton.
Allen continues to record extensively and makes frequent appearances at jazz festivals and concerts. Highly prolific, he delivered a slew of well-regarded albums for BMG in the 2000s before moving back to boutique labels like Arbors, Sackville Records, and Challenge for albums like 2007's Cocktails for Two with Joe Temperley, 2009's New York State of Mind, and 2010's When Larry Met Harry with pianist Larry Goldings. He then paired with longtime associate Scott Hamilton for 2012's 'Round Midnight, and explored bossa nova rhythms on 2015's Something About Jobim. The following year he delivered The Candy Men: Harry Allen's All-Star New York Saxophone Band, featuring fellow saxophonists Grant Stewart, Eric Alexander, and Gary Smulyan. ~ Dave Nathan
Hometown
Washington, D.C.
Genre
Jazz
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