Trumpeter, composer, arranger, author, educator,... Eddie Allen has performed with such jazz greats as; Art Blakey, Joe Henderson, Randy Weston, Frank Foster, Billy Harper, Steve Turre, Muhal Richard Abrams,  T.S. Monk, Sekou Sundiata and Steve Jordan..   He has recorded and performed with, as well as composed for; Louis Hayes, Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy, Etta Jones & Houston Person, Mongo Santamaria, Chico Freeman, Charli Persip and Vanessa Rubin.   He’s performed in the orchestras of such Broadway hits as; Ain’t Misbehavin’, Black & Blue, Side Show,  Jelly’s Last Jam, Five Guys Named Mo’ and the Color Purple.   As an author he’s written the instructional method book, “An Introduction To The Bb Concert Blues”,  which is published by Charles Colin Publishing - N.Y.C.