ALLEN, HENRY JAMES, JR., (RED
). Jazz trumpeter ( in Algiers, Louisiana; in New York, New York). He came from a musical family: his father,
Henry Allen
, Sr. (1877-1952) played trumpet and led a brass band in New Orleans for more than forty years, and two uncles were also professional bandsmen. As a child he played in his father's band. He first played drums, then violin and other instruments, then changed to trumpet, which he...