Tidd Shim Lehman Reid

Unfortunately, Marshall Allen will not be able to join us for this year’s Burlington Discover Jazz Festival. In his place, festival curator Anthony Tidd has assembled an incredible group of players featuring himself, Damion Reid, Mark Shim, and Steve Lehman, playing a special tribute to the Sun Ra and Marshall Allen continuum. 

About Marshall Allen

Still traveling the spaceways after more than 100 years on the planet, the indefatigable Maestro Marshall Allen remains a brilliant imaginative force whose life has spanned nearly the entire history of jazz. A key member of the Sun Ra Arkestra for more than six decades and its dauntless leader for the last quarter century, Allen has kept the iconic bandleader’s cosmic torch blazing brightly while forging a path through the spaceways as a singular voice on the alto saxophone and Electronic Wind Instrument (EWI).

Over the past few years, Philadelphia’s Ars Nova Workshop has showcased several diverse incarnations of Marshall Allen’s Ghost Horizons ensembles, featuring longtime collaborator and guitarist DM Hotep. Highlights from these performances are, for the first time, compiled on Ghost Horizons’ debut album, released by Otherly Love Records. Now, Allen brings his visionary ensemble to the Burlington Jazz Festival for a performance that promises to be both historic and unforgettable.

Photo: Ryan Collerd