Charlie J. Allen (September 25, 1908 – November 19, 1972)[1] was an American jazz trumpeter.
Born in Jackson, Mississippi, Allen grew up in Chicago and began playing music after graduating from high school in 1925.
[2] Allen was a member of the bands of Hugh Swift (1925), Dave Peyton (1927), Doc Cook (1927), Clifford King (1928), and Johnny Long.
Later in his life he became a music educator, worked in the Chicago Musicians' Union, and designed custom trumpet mouthpieces (used by Cat Anderson, among others).
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