Home » Search Center » Results: JD Allen

Results for "JD Allen"

Advanced search options

437

Article: Multiple Reviews

Jeremy Pelt Threefer: Caution! Hard Hat Area!; Relentless & Twilight & Blues

Read "Jeremy Pelt Threefer: Caution! Hard Hat Area!; Relentless & Twilight & Blues" reviewed by George Kanzler

by George Kanzler

Gasper BertoncelkCaution! Hard Hat Area!Arabesque2009 Sharel CassityRelentlessJazz Legacy Productions2009 Lisa HiltonTwilight & BluesRecord Label #3Year Jeremy Pelt has become a sought-after sideman ...

554

Article: Live From New York

September 2009

Read "September 2009" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff

Jenny ScheinmanLe Poisson RougeNew York City August 4, 2009The chameleon-like but ever electric Nels Cline seemed at first to be an unusual partner for violinist Jenny Scheinman, but if anything the guitarist knows how to make things work and he pushed the quartet (with bassist Matt Penman and drummer Jim ...

179

Article: Album Review

J.D. Allen: Shine!

Read "Shine!" reviewed by Wilbur MacKenzie

by Wilbur MacKenzie

Shine! is the second Sunnyside release by saxophonist JD Allen and his trio with bassist Gregg August and drummer Rudy Royston. A Detroit native, Allen has been based in New York for quite a few years now, working with bassist Ron Carter, saxophonist David Murray, trumpeter Lester Bowie and drummers Jack DeJohnette and Cindy Blackman.

209

Article: Album Review

J.D. Allen Trio: Shine

Read "Shine" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose

The unfettered joy of listening to J.D. Allen's Shine comes from being reunited with the blues and spiritualism of modern Afro-American saxophone music. This kind of feeling and emotion all but died with John Coltrane. Arguably only a handful of players such as Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp and, perhaps, Dewey Redman kept those flames alive. And ...

361

Article: Album Review

J. D. Allen Trio: Shine

Read "Shine" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

It's impossible to be an impostor at the gambit in which J.D. Allen's trio is participating. His jukebox length compositions either hit or have the possibility to miss badly. Luckily, he has released a second trio album of all bull's-eyes. Shine! follows the pattern established on I AM I AM (Sunnyside, 2008). ...

Album

I AM I AM

By JD Allen

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: I AM--I AM; The North Star; Hajile; Titus; Louisada; id; The Cross + The Crescent Sickle; Othello; Ezekiel; Pagan.

Album

I AM I AM

By JD Allen

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: I AM--I AM; The North Star; Hajile; Titus; Louisada; id; The Cross + the Crescent Sickle; Othello; Ezekiel; Pagan.

190

Article: Album Review

JD Allen Trio: I AM I AM

Read "I AM I AM" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner

Playing from the heart, creating and improvising from within, jazz music's mantra continues to espouse that “honesty is the best policy." This is heard and felt when listening to saxophonist J.D. Allen's I Am I Am. In an insightful and inspirational interview, the artist gives light to what makes his music forthcoming and real. ...

100

News: Interview

Saxophonist JD Allen Interviewed at AAJ

Saxophonist JD Allen Interviewed at AAJ

Volant solos, melodic tapestries, mournful cadences, orphic rhythms. JD Allen's extraordinary I AM-I AM (Sunnyside, 2008) sculpts an aural monument to transformation, a musical testament to the power of the mind to overcome itself through introspective endeavor. Each of its ten compositions roils with the intensity and exposition of a soul wrestling with its two halves, ...

586

Article: Interview

JD Allen: Notes of Change

Read "JD Allen: Notes of Change" reviewed by Franz A. Matzner

by Franz A. Matzner

Volant solos, melodic tapestries, mournful cadences, orphic rhythms. J.D. Allen's extraordinary I AM-I AM (Sunnyside, 2008) sculpts an aural monument to transformation, a musical testament to the power of the mind to overcome itself through introspective endeavor. Each of its ten compositions roils with the intensity and exposition of a soul wrestling with its two halves, ...


Engage

Publisher's Desk
A Word About Social Media and Other Platforms
Read on...
The place for jazz polls and surveys!
Reader Polls
Which jazz venues deserve to be on top?
Cast Your Vote Today
The Big Question
Physical, digital or streamed? How do you like your recorded jazz?
Post Your Comment

Get more of a good thing!

Our weekly newsletters highlight our top stories, top album reviews, website news, free songs, radio & podcast shows, news, and upcoming jazz events near you.

Install All About Jazz

iOS Instructions:

To install this app, follow these steps:

All About Jazz would like to send you notifications

Notifications include timely alerts to content of interest, such as articles, reviews, new features, and more. These can be configured in Settings.