JD Allen

JD Allen - Americana, Vol. 2 (2022) Music

Posted by Fizzpop at Aug. 25, 2022

Along with Americana: Musings on Jazz and Blues, and Barracoon, two of JD Allen's earlier Savant releases, "Americana Vol. 2" forms a trilogy of sorts based on the spirit of reflection. But despite the profound political, racial and historical themes Allen and company explore, the central musical core of all three recordings is the underappreciated but crucial role the blues has played in the history of jazz and how it continues to evolve and influence the art form today.

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JD Allen - The Dark, the Light, the Grey and the Colorful (2024) Music

Posted by Fizzpop at Oct. 3, 2024

Tenor saxophonist JD Allen combines many musical styles and blurs the boundaries of contemporary jazz by creating a dynamic fusion of raditional and modern. Allen's latest recording features three of his regular collaborators, the acoustic and electric basses of Gregg August and Ian Kenselaar, and the excellent drummer Nic Cacioppo. These men have worked with Allen on many of his previous Savant recordings. Together they explore themes of culture and history, offering moving narratives through their polished approach and improvisational talents.

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JD Allen - Radio Flyer (2017) [Official Digital Download 24/88] Vinyl & HR

Posted by HDV at Oct. 4, 2024

JD Allen - Radio Flyer (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/88,2 kHz | Time - 54:03 minutes | 1,1 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

JD Allen's previous recording Americana won widespread critical acclaim for it's ground breaking melodic and harmonic explorations and for its impressive emotional intensity. While that album presented Allen's ideas with a somewhat contemplative hand, Radio Flyer moves with a more unbridled enthusiasm, testing the possibilities jazz has for individual expressionism and improvisational freedom.

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JD Allen - Graffiti (2015) [Official Digital Download] Vinyl & HR

Posted by HDV at Dec. 8, 2024

JD Allen - Graffiti (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Time - 45:56 minutes | 548 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover

JD Allen's career ascendence suggests that he's making plenty of the right choices. The native of Detroit has been on the New York scene since 1993, when his youthful precociousness earned him a spot in “Jazz Ahead”, the singer Betty Carter's acclaimed touring program for up-and-comers.

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JD Allen - Love Stone (2018) {Savant} Music

Posted by tiburon at Feb. 16, 2019

JD Allen - Love Stone (2018) {Savant}
EAC 1.1 | FLAC tracks level 8 | Cue+Log+M3U | Full Scans 300dpi | 259MB + 5% Recovery
MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | 106MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Jazz, Post-Bop

After carving out his rightful place at the apex with a series of brilliant piano-less trio outings focused on pithy originals, saxophonist JD Allen recently felt the winds of change in his horn and his habits. He reached a conclusion that originality may sit not in the song's architect but in its possessor, and he came to an understanding that the most outside experiences may actually be connected to the greatest acts of looking inward. So rather than cast his own pen in a new light again, Allen took to the challenge of investing his strong-willed spirit into a series of time-tested ballads. The results are simply breathtaking.

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JD Allen Trio - The Matador and the Bull (2012) Music

Posted by Domestos at Aug. 29, 2020

For his Savant Records' debut, tenor saxman JD Allen went back in the studio with colleagues Gregg August and Rudy Royston, both of whom have been his regular partners on the bandstand and in the studio since 2008. They go about their business with a robust and focused melodic articulation propelled by great rhythmic drive. You will not find this trio beating a dead horse into submission. The original tracks are short, they get in, make a statement, essay some variations, and get out-short and sweet and intense. An interesting, exciting and thought-provoking release from JD Allen and company.

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JD Allen - Queen City (2021) [Official Digital Download] Vinyl & HR

Posted by pyatak at July 8, 2021

JD Allen - Queen City (2021) [Official Digital Download]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/48 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 40:11 minutes | 450 MB
Jazz | Label: Savant, Official Digital Download

In JD Allen's liner notes for Queen City, it becomes clear that he spent a great deal of time thinking about how the pandemic has impacted his relationship with music and specifically his saxophone. In the notes Allen writes, "Performing music for and with people is what I do and I've come to the realization that an audience of listeners of any size is a part of the music; it's also a shared experience.

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JD Allen - Toys Die Dreaming (2020) [Official Digital Download 24/96] Vinyl & HR

Posted by pyatak at Aug. 29, 2020

JD Allen - Toys Die Dreaming (2020) [Official Digital Download 24/96]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 45:06 minutes | 0,99 GB
Jazz | Label: Savant, Official Digital Download

Of JD Allen, Giovanni Russonello in The New York Times said, "Mr. Allen has become one of today's most exciting tenor saxophonists not by trying to spotlight his own virtuosity… but by defining a new way of playing in a group." Allen's current release, "Toys / Die Dreaming," is his 14th as a leader and builds on his already rich recorded legacy.

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JD Allen - Love Stone (2018) [Official Digital Download 24/96] Vinyl & HR

Posted by SERTiL at June 14, 2018

JD Allen - Love Stone (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 44:49 minutes | 922 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital Booklet

Tenor saxophonist JD Allen's output on Savant Records has been steady since his 2012 album The Matador and the Bull, and this beautiful and intensely interesting ballads album is an assured milestone in his career to date. There are patented JD-isms: that almost operatic-like swoon and smear of tone; deconstructed themes full of non-linearity and melodic asides arriving unforeseen.

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JD Allen - Barracoon (2019) [Official Digital Download 24/96] Vinyl & HR

Posted by Pisulik at June 28, 2019

JD Allen - Barracoon (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 59:24 minutes | 1,29 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital Booklet

JD Allen’s eighth recording for Savant Records finds the wildly inventive saxophonist returning to the sax-bass-drums format playing with his usual sizzling intensity and unveiling new works which challenge preconceptions while engaging the listeners rather than alienating them.

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