American jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist, composer and arranger (born July 12, 1957 in Milwaukee), based in New York. He has worked with Art Blakey, Billy Harper, Randy Weston, Dizzy Gillespie, Henry Threadgill, Bobby Watson, Jon Faddis, Benny Carter, Panama Francis, Joe Henderson and Steve Turre among many others.
He has recorded and performed with, as well as composed for: Louis Hayes, Lester Bowie, Jack McDuff, Etta Jones & Houston Person, Mongo Santamaria, Chico Freeman, Charli Persip, Vanessa Rubin and Muhal Richard Abrams.
Not to be confused with the trumpeter Ed Allen (1897-1974).