Allen, JD

Savant, 2021, CD
Instrument: Saxophone

Issue: 27.3

Jazz Ruler Type: Bebop
O's Jazz Ruler

Performance: 4
Performance Chart

Sound: 3
Sound Chart

Score: 76
Score Chart

O’s Notes: The pandemic birthed a wrath of solo recordings as musicians were sheltering in place. Queen City is JD Allen’s take, a reflective, and expressive solo-sax collection of thirteen tunes. We are given the chance to listen to the isolated, pure tone of JD’s tenor saxophone. It is beautiful, piped directly from his soul, including warm lullabies like “Nyla’s Sky”, one of several highlights in the 40-minute set.

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Publicist: Jazz Depot