Ed Allen

American jazz trumpet and cornet player (December 15, 1897, Nashville, Tennessee – January 28, 1974, New York City). Not to be confused with the New York based trumpeter (born 1957) Eddie Allen. Ed Allen began to work in night clubs and on riverboats on the Mississipi River. In the 1920s he played in the band of Charlie Creath, and then had his own ensemble, the Whispering Gold Band.