# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Presenting Carl Allen: In Collaboration with Kent State Jazz and the JENKS Building
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 15 Nov, 2022 at 03:00 pm – Tue, 15 Nov, 2022 at 08:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Presenting Carl Allen: In Collaboration with Kent State Jazz and the JENKS Building

Tuesday, November 15

Carl Allen, International Famed Jazz Drummer, will be presenting a Masterclass at Kent State University in the School of Music in Room E202 from 3:00pm-4:30pm.

Carl will be performing with Kent State Jazz Faculty Bobby Selvaggio, Aidan Plank, and Joey Skoch at the JENKS Building in Cuyahoga Falls from 7:00pm-8:00pm. Following will be a Jam Session led by Kent State Jazz Students Jennifer James, Michel Drake, Ethan Scheuer, and Corey Hautmann from 8:30pm-9:30pm.

https://www.kent.edu/music
https://jenks1929.com/
https://carlallen.com/

“My ultimate goal is to get to level like Art Blakey, Art Taylor, Elvin Jones, and Billy Higgins … who every time they sit down behind a set of drums it’s swinging….”

With over 200 recordings to his credit, the gifted Milwaukee-born, New York-based drummer, sideman, bandleader, entrepreneur, and educator, Carl Allen’s profound and propulsive percolations provided soulful and syncopated support for nearly three decades.

Born on April 25, 1961, Allen grew up on gospel, R&B, and funk, but later turned to jazz after hearing an LP by the legendary saxophonist Benny Carter. He studied with drum instructor Roy Sneider and band director Robert Siemele. His first hometown gigs were with sax greats Sonny Stitt and James Moody. Allen studied at The University of Wisconsin at Green Bay from 1979 to 1981, and transferred to William Patterson College in New Jersey, where he graduated in 1983 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Jazz Studies and Performance.

Allen joined trumpeter Freddie Hubbard a year before his graduation,  served as his Musical Director for eight years, and recorded several recordings with the trumpeter including Double Take and Life Flight. Allen also played with Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker, Benny Golson, Jennifer Holliday, J.J. Johnson, Rickie Lee Jones, Sammy Davis Jr., Branford Marsalis, Kenny Garrett, Lena Horne, Ruth Brown, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Bobby Hutcherson, Mike Stern, Nellie McKay, Terence Blanchard, Phil Woods, Benny Green, Cyrus Chestnut, Joe Henderson, Billy Childs and many others. Allen’s phenomenal sideman discography also includes Jackie McLean (Dynasty), Donald Harrison (Indian Blues, Noveau Swing), Donald Byrd (A City Called Heaven), and Art Farmer (The Company I Keep).

“Carl Allen is an international powerhouse. His sound and feeings have fuled the bands of Freddie Hubbard, Christian McBride and countless others as well leading his own projects. “
– Joe Lovano

Piccadilly Square (Timeless) was Allen’s first CD as leader, released in 1989, followed by The Dark Side of Dewey (Evidence), The Pursuer (Atlantic), Testimonial (Atlantic), and Get Ready, his 2007 Mack Avenue gospel/Motown accented debut release with co-leader, bassist Rodney Whitaker followed up by Work to Do (Mack Avenue Records) featuring Kirk Whalum.

Education has always been part of my mission Allen says. Art Blakey taught me the importance of nurturing the next generation of musicians. “Every generation needs someone to help them get to the next level and this what I am hoping to do”. In May of 2012 Allen received an honorary doctorate from Snow College in Ephraim, Utah in Humane Letters.

Allen is also an accomplished businessman. He co-founded Big Apple Productions in 1988 with saxophonist Vincent Herring, produced several recordings for several Japanese labels with future stars Roy Hargrove and Nicholas Payton. Several years ago he created Nella Productions which produces projects and developed an education component to the company called The New York Jazz Symposium where he runs workshops around the world on jazz. Allen has also produced recordings for pianist Eric Reed, Dewey Redman. Pharoah Sanders, Freddie Hubbard, Kris Bowers and guitarist Lage Lund, the winner of the 2005 Thelonious Monk International Monk Competition and many others totaling nearly 70 credits as a producer.

Carl Allen’s multifaceted career provides the perfect template for what a modern musician should be. As Sid Gribetz of Jazz Times wrote, “more than just another fine drummer, Carl Allen has it all together as a bandleader, businessman, and producer, becoming a force in today’s jazz world.”

Allen maintains an exhaustive schedule of recording, touring and teaching. He remains active as a sideman with Christian McBride and Inside Straight, Benny Golson and others. As a leader most recently leading The Carl Allen Quartet as well as The Art of Elvin, a tribute band dedicated to his two drum influences, Art Blakey and Elvin Jones was started after the passing of Elvin Jones in 2004.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/cuyahoga-falls/presenting-carl-allen-in-collaboration-with-kent-state-jazz-and-the-jenks-building/200023545709807
- **Event Categories**: music, entertainment, art, business, performances, workshops, live-music
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Cuyahoga Falls
- **state**: OH
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Jenks Building Cuyahoga Falls
- **lat**: 41.131922464544
- **long**: -81.483739614487
- **full address**: Jenks Building Cuyahoga Falls, 1884 Front Street,Cuyahoga Falls,OH,United States

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- **Q**: When and where is Presenting Carl Allen: In Collaboration with Kent State Jazz and the JENKS Building being held?
  - **A:** Presenting Carl Allen: In Collaboration with Kent State Jazz and the JENKS Building takes place on Tue, 15 Nov, 2022 at 03:00 pm to Tue, 15 Nov, 2022 at 08:00 pm at Jenks Building Cuyahoga Falls, 1884 Front Street,Cuyahoga Falls,OH,United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Presenting Carl Allen: In Collaboration with Kent State Jazz and the JENKS Building?
  - **A:** Presenting Carl Allen: In Collaboration with Kent State Jazz and the JENKS Building is organized by Bobby Selvaggio.
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