Allen Eager

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All Night, All Frantic 02:36 Tools
And That's For Sure 02:50 Tools
Nightmare Allen 02:32 Tools
Nightmare 02:32 Tools
Churchmouse 02:46 Tools
This Time The Dream's On Me 02:47 Tools
Jumpin' With Symphony Sid 01:35 Tools
All The Things You Are 04:46 Tools
Blues in F 03:20 Tools
The Goof And I 05:24 Tools
Allen's Alley 03:02 Tools
Out of Nowhere 05:03 Tools
Lullaby In Rhythm 05:22 Tools
Swapping Horns 04:38 Tools
Serge Swings Allen's Axe 02:51 Tools
Some Blues 03:57 Tools
Fine and Dandy 10:52 Tools
Blue Serenade 02:59 Tools
Zootcase (USKHD) 02:51 Tools
Original Horns 04:47 Tools
This Time the Dream's On Me (USKHD) 04:59 Tools
Blues 02:59 Tools
Zootcase 04:37 Tools
Symphony Sid's Idea 02:46 Tools
Lady Bird 02:49 Tools
Vot's Dot 02:57 Tools
Sweet Georgia Brown 02:51 Tools
Jane's Bounce 02:51 Tools
The Way You Look Tonight 02:57 Tools
Donald Jay 02:34 Tools
Rampage 03:04 Tools
I'll Be Seeing You 03:16 Tools
52nd Street Theme 02:51 Tools
This Time the Dream's On Me - USKHD 05:01 Tools
All Night All Frantic 02:36 Tools
Symphony Sid´s Idea 02:49 Tools
Meeskite 02:57 Tools
Booby Hatch (Pogo Stick) 03:06 Tools
Vogue 02:38 Tools
Allen's Alley (AKA Wee) 02:38 Tools
Groovin' High 02:47 Tools
Let's Play The Blues 02:38 Tools
Symphony Sid's Idea (Zadah) 02:47 Tools
Zootcase - USKHD 02:47 Tools
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Allen Eager (Jan. 10, 1927, New York City - May 13, 2003, Daytona Beach, Florida) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Eager first played jazz as a teenager during World War II in the bands of Bobby Sherwood, Sonny Dunham, Shorty Sherock, Hal McIntyre, Woody Herman, Tommy Dorsey, and Johnny Bothwell. After the war he became a regular on the scene around 52nd Street in New York; he led his own ensemble there from 1946-48. In 1948 he played with Tadd Dameron, in 1951 with Gerry Mulligan, in 1952 with Terry Gibbs, and shortly after with Buddy Rich. From 1953 to 1955 he again led his own ensemble. He lived in Paris from 1956 to 1957 and returned to record with Mulligan in 1957; after this, he essentially retired from jazz. Eager mentioned the death of Charlie Parker and his problems with drug addiction as reasons for his withdrawal from the scene. He went on to pursue other activities such as skiing, competitive auto racing, and LSD experiments with Timothy Leary. He occasionally dabbled in music again, playing with Charles Mingus at the Newport Rebels festival in 1960 and with Frank Zappa in the 1970s. In 1982 he made a comeback with an album for Uptown Records, and toured with Dizzy Gillespie. He died in 2003. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.