Sam Allen
Sam Allen (January 30, 1909 – April 1963) was an American jazz pianist.
Sam Allen
- Name
- Sam Allen
- Born
- January 30, 1909
- Birthplace
- Middleport, Ohio, U.S.
- Died
- April 1963 (aged 54)
- Place of death
- California, U.S.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- pianist · musician
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Sam Allen (January 30, 1909 – April 1963) was an American jazz pianist.
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• Name — Sam Allen • Born — January 30, 1909 • Birthplace — Middleport, Ohio, U.S. • Died — April 1963 (aged 54) • Place of death — California, U.S. • Genre — Jazz • Instruments — Piano
Early life
Early life
Allen was born in Middleport, Ohio. Beginning at the age of 10, he accompanied silent films on piano in movie theaters.
Career
Career
In 1928, Allen moved to New York City, where he joined Herbert Cowans's band at the Rockland Palace. Before long, he moved back to Ohio, where he played with saxophonist Alex Jackson in 1930. He joined James P. Johnson's orchestra as the second pianist and then was a member of the Teddy Hill band. In the 1940s he worked with Stuff Smith, Dizzy Gillespie, and became pianist for Slim & Slam.
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It is also recorded that sam Allen is recorded with the occupation jazz musician. Institutional cataloguing adds that sam Allen is recorded with the occupation pianist. Recorded with the occupation musician. It is also recorded that sam Allen is recorded as a citizen of United States. The register further records that sam Allen is recorded with the gender male. Institutional cataloguing adds that sam Allen was born on 30 January 1909. Allen died in Oakland.
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With Dizzy Gillespie • The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (Bluebird, 1995)
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- 1.Lee, William F. People in Jazz: Jazz Keyboard Improvisors of the 19th & 20th Centuries : Preragtime, Blues, Folk and Minstrel, Early Ragtime, Dixieland, Ragtime-stride, Blues-boogie, Swing, Prebop, Bop . Columbia Lady Music. 1984. 978-0-89898-358-6.
- 2.Sam Allen. Discography of American Historical Recordings.
- 3."Sam Allen", Discogs.
- 4.Eugene Chadbourne, [ Sam Allen] at Allmusic.
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This entry is compiled from 8 catalogued sources across 7 independent registers. The registers consulted are Internet Archive, Wikipedia, Wikidata, The Art Institute of Chicago, Crossref registry, DOAJ and Wellcome Collection. Every statement above is held against the register that stated it; where the registers are silent, the entry is silent.
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