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Noah Allen & The Peace
Noah Allen is a trumpet player, composer, songwriter, and producer from Uxbridge, Massachusetts. He first picked up the drums at age four in church and began playing the trumpet at eight after it was given to him for Christmas. Over the past seven years, Allen has been gigging around New England. In 2023, he was featured on Aimee Allen’s album Love and the Catalyst, which was nominated for Best Vocal Jazz Album at the 2023 NAACP awards. In the summer of 2023, Allen was a part of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra, led by Sean Jones, and toured Europe, playing in venues such as Carnegie Hall and the Royal Albert Hall in London. In 2024, Allen brought his group Noah Allen & the Peace to the Newport Jazz Festival. Over the years, he has played with musicians such as Jesus Molina, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Myron Walden, Greg Spero, Warren Wolf, Sasha Berliner, Tia Fuller, Jaques Schwatrz Baird, Sean Jones, and others. In October 2025, Allen released his first project, an EP titled mortal humanity, which gained over 20,000 streams on Spotify in its first month.
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