Allan Conrad Praskin (December 17, 1948, in Los Angeles) is an American jazz musician (alto saxophone player, composer and bandleader).

But soon, he became acquainted with jazz through his father's record collection, which induced him to finally to change his main instrument to alto saxophone.

He had his first practical experience of improvised music when he was a teenager in his home city of Los Angeles, where the jazz scene was very lively at that time.

During his lessons under Morrow, he got to know other prominent musicians who lived in California, such as Bobby Hutcherson, J. R. Monterose and Harold Land -- whom he also worked with.

He made a name for himself very soon among the avant-garde in the metropole through jam sessions and recordings with leading musicians such as Sunny Murray, Beaver Harris and Sam Rivers.