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Allen Lowe is a saxophonist, composer, and American music historian.

Some comments on his work:

“Allen is one of the most important music historians alive, an exceptional thinker who sees the entirety of American musical history with unmatched clarity. He's unbowed as an intellectual, driven by neither vogues or ideology. His work taken as a whole is a monumental achievement. There's no one better alive.” - former New Republic music editor David Hajdu

“Allen Lowe is a genius! His work is always full of wonder, the excitement of discovery, and humor…the best work has always been done at the margins, by the so-called underground - Poe, Whitman, Monk, Harvey Pekar, Herbie Nichols, James Joyce, Sun Ra - but it's still a surprise and a revelation whenever you find it." -John Szwed, Columbia University Jazz Studies; formerly of Yale University Department of Anthropology

“Allen Lowe is, and has been for the last twenty years and more, the premier archivist of American popular music in all of its forms. More than that, he has, as an independent producer, done more to disseminate rigorously collected and presented yet completely accessible collections covering popular music as a whole, jazz, blues, and more, than anyone else. He brings to his project both knowledge and vision, a sense of mission an a love for what he does.” – Greil Marcus

“Allen Lowe is an American master…he is the tradition and he is one of my favorite people. He is one of the few musicians doing anything new. He is a great writer. I’m a big fan of Allen Lowe and I think as a musician and a scholar he is very important and I think he is deeply misunderstood because he doesn’t hate himself." – Anthony Braxton

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