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Live Concert with Henry Grimes and Marshall Allen
Henry Grimes, Marshall Allen
Friday, March 18, 2005
Slought Foundation
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Please join us on Friday, March 18, 2005 from 8-10pm at Slought Foundation for this special concert with Henry Grimes and Marshall Allen, saluting the rich legacy of Philadelphia jazz.
Philadelphia native bassist Henry Grimes (b.1935) moved to New York City in the early 1950s, studying at Juilliard and initially touring with the bands of Arnett Cobb and Willis Jackson as well as Bobby Timmons and Lee Morgan. In 1957, Grimes performed with Anita O'Day, Sonny Rollins, and the Gerry Mulligan Quartet (with Art Farmer). A versatile instrumentalist, Grimes (quite remarkably) performed at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival with the Benny Goodman Big Band, Lee Konitz, Sonny Rollins, and Thelonious Monk. In 1961 he became a respected contributor to free jazz, working with Cecil Taylor (1961-1966), Perry Robinson (1962), Sonny Rollins (1962-1963), Albert Ayler (1964-1966), and Don Cherry (1965-1966). Grimes led a recording date, 'The Call', for ESP in 1965 and recorded with Mose Allison, Chet Baker, Gary Burton, Gil Evans, Burton Greene, Coleman Hawkins, Roy Haynes, Steve Lacy, Charles Mingus, Sunny Murray, Pharoah Sanders, Shirley Scott, Archie Shepp, Billy Taylor, Charles Tyler, McCoy Tyner, Marzette Watts, and Frank Wright. By 1967, Grimes disappeared completely from jazz. Following three and half decades of destitution, he resurfaced in 2003, after residing in a South Central Los Angeles hotel for nearly 20 years.
As a young musician, Marshall Allen (b.1924) performed with pianist Art Simmons, Don Byas and James Moody before enrolling in the Paris Conservatory of Music. After relocating to Chicago, Allen became a pupil of Sun Ra, subsequently joining the his Arkestra in 1958 and leading Sun Ra's formidable reed section for next 40 years (a role akin to the position Johnny Hodges held in the Duke Ellington Orchestra). Marshall, along with John Gilmore, June Tyson and James Jacson, lived, rehearsed, toured and recorded with Sun Ra almost exclusively for much of Ra's musical career. As a member of the Arkestra, Marshall Allen pioneered the Free Jazz movement of the early sixties, having remarkable influence on most of the leading voices in the avant-garde. He is featured on over 200 Sun Ra recordings. Allen assumed the position of meastro in 1995, following the ascension of Sun Ra 1993, and John Gilmore in 1995. Like his mentor, he is committed to the study, research, and development of Sun Ra's musical precepts.
This program was made possible in part through the generous sponsorship of ars nova workshop
Organized by
Mark Christman
Co-presented with ars nova workshop
MLA Style:
Henry Grimes, et al. "Live Concert with Henry Grimes and Marshall Allen." Slought Foundation Online Content. [18 March 2005;
Accessed 7 February 2012]. <http://slought.org/content/11282/>.
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