Based in New Jersey, the Tokyo-born Allen Won is a post-bop reedman who frequently performs in and around New York City. The Asian-American musician (who shouldn't be confused with a hip-hop/urban contemporary engineer named Won Allen) is hard-swinging, but he is also quite capable of being lyrical -- and the musicians who have had a direct or indirect influence on his solos include, among others, Wayne Shorter, John Coltrane, Yusef Lateef, and Pharoah Sanders.
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