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Carl Allen
Carl Allen is an American jazz drummer. Allen attended William Paterson University. He has worked with a wide variety of musicians, including Freddie Hubbard, Jackie McLean, George Coleman, Phil Woods, the Benny Green Trio, and Rickie Lee Jones. It was with Green that Allen met bassist Christian McBride. The two have teamed up frequently, working for many combos of big name leaders. McBride recruited Allen for his band, Christian McBride & Inside Straight. Allen is that quintet's drummer for both its first recording, Kinda Brown, and its road tours. In 1988, Allen and Vincent Herring founded Big Apple Productions, which produced several albums featuring young jazz performers. He joined the faculty of The Juilliard School in 2001 and became the Artistic Director of Jazz Studies in 2008. He was replaced as director by Wynton Marsalis in 2013 and left Juilliard at the end of the academic year. In 2011, Allen appeared as himself in two episodes of the HBO series Tremé in a studio recording scene in New York City. In 2014, he formed his own group, The Art of Elvin, to pay tribute to drummers Art Blakey and Elvin Jones. From Wikipedia (

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Love Theme (From "Chinatown")
J.A.C. Redford
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Taxi Driver
J.A.C. Redford
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Man with the Golden Arm
J.A.C. Redford
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Degas' Racing World
J.A.C. Redford
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A Streetcar Named Desire
Steven Mercurio

Albums

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Tippin'

2025
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Memories of New York (feat. Vincent Herring)

2000
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Thank You, Joe! (Our Tribute to Joe Henderson)

2022
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Dance of Life (feat. Xavier Davis)

1999
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Work To Do

2009
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Get Ready

2007

Singles & EPs

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James (feat. Chris Potter)

Single • 2024
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Happy Times (feat. Chris Potter)

Single • 2024

Videos

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Miles Davis, tr ,&, TONY WILLIAMS ,drums - solo ,Live 1967..

fabio baglioni • 293K views
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"The Winds of Change" - Billy Childs Quartet w/ special guest Sean Jones

Unlimited Myles • 2.5K views
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I Loves You Porgy, featuring Lauren Kinhan and Randy Porter

Lauren Kinhan • 1.4K views
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Mary Stallings & Eric Reed Trío Festival de Jazz de San Javier 2014

Rafa Toledo Prats • 22K views
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Jazz Sax / When You Wish Upon A Star 星に願いを

7teacup • 44K views
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Carl Allen - Tuesday Night Prayer Meeting

Maxine Power • 981 views
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Don Bradren The Time is Now 02 Softly As In A Morning Sunrise

JazzyJuanma • 3.5K views
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Carl Allen - Holy Land (feat. Nicholas Payton & Vincent Herring)

Maxine Power • 2.2K views
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Rodney Whitaker - Ease It

Camus Clarinet • 4.4K views
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Carl Allen & Rodney Whitaker 'Inner City Blues'

Mack Avenue • 17K views