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Jazz File

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The first of a six-part profile of trumpeter Henry Red Allen.
1: From MarchingBands to Thelonious Monk Allen started playing the trumpet in his father's New Orleans Brass Band and went on to play with most of the great figures in jazz. Yet this fluent and gifted player was in some ways overshadowed by the brilliance and celebrity of his near contemporary Louis Armstrong. In conversation with Michael Pointon , Allen's biographer John Chilton reflects on a remarkable career. Producer David Perry

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Henry Red Allen.
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Louis Armstrong.
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Michael Pointon
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John Chilton
Producer:
David Perry
Source: Radio Times

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