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

Posted by Fizzpop at Oct. 3, 2024

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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 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 Trio - Victory! (2011) Music

Posted by mark70 at Dec. 26, 2011

JD Allen Trio - Victory! (2011)
MP3 320 kbps CBR | 36:46 min | 83.7 MB
Genre: Jazz | Label: Sunnyside Records

Following the four critically-acclaimed albums, IN SEARCH OF, PHAROAH S CHILDREN, I AM-I AM and SHINE!, Sunnyside Records is releasing The JD Allen Trio's latest endeavor, VICTORY!, on May 17, 2011 his third for the label with his longstanding trio. The album also includes a documentary film short by director Mario Lathan. The film plays an integral part of the recapitulation in the loosely-based sonata form and should be considered the final track of the album.

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JD Allen - Bloom (2014) Music

Posted by mark70 at Aug. 1, 2014

JD Allen - Bloom (2014)
MP3 320 kbps CBR | 40:26 min | 101 MB
Genre: Jazz | Label: Savant

Every new recording by tenor saxophonist JD Allen serves to solidify his reputation as one of the finest, most adventurous young musicians playing today. With a gently swinging, very personal vibrato he weaves his way into territory that he has charted for himself. His unique sound on the tenor combines the elemental sadness of the blues, the solemnity of gospel and ultimately the elemental joy in the creative process. Allen plays in phrases that are somewhat short, but always interconnected.

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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 - Grace (2013) Music

Posted by mark70 at June 5, 2013

JD Allen - Grace (2013)
MP3 320 kbps CBR | 56:11 min | 128 MB
Genre: Jazz | Label: Savant Records

Add JD Allen to the short list of saxophonists adept at folding religious faith into improvised music in an ordered origami fashion that doesn’t undermine either one. Grace marks his second session for Savant and a departure from the trio format he’s commonly turned to as a leader. The disc’s also a bit lengthier than past efforts, although each of the 11 tracks still hovers around six minutes at the outside, according enough time for Allen and his band to delve deep into his melodic reservoir, but preserving space enough to keep the pace from ever slipping into stasis.

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JD Allen - Graffiti (2015) Music

Posted by mark70 at Oct. 22, 2015

JD Allen - Graffiti (2015)
MP3 320 kbps CBR | 45:52 min | 106 MB
Genre: Jazz | Label: Savant

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. TimeOut New York says he will “remind you of giants like Coltrane and Rollins but placing a special kind of premium on concision, directness and accessibility.” The Chicago Reader adds, “Allen has gravitated toward a more brooding, elliptical approach with a strong jolt of John Coltrane at his most probing.

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Orrin Evans - Liberation Blues (2014) Music

Posted by DjangoTiger at Oct. 4, 2014

Orrin Evans - Liberation Blues (2014)
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 12 Tracks | 1:12:46 | 168 MB
Genre: Jazz, Blues | Label: Smoke Sessions

Born in Trenton, NJ but raised in Philadelphia, acoustic pianist Orrin Evans was among the "Young Lions" of straight-ahead jazz who emerged in the 1990s. His main focus is hard bop, although he has occasionally detoured into soul-jazz and R&B when backing such vocalists as Denise King and his wife, Dawn Warren. Influenced by McCoy Tyner, Horace Silver, Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk, among others, Evans graduated from high school in the early 1990s and studied at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ before going on to study privately with Kenny Barron and…

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