JD Allen III
JD Allen III (born December 11, 1972 in Detroit / Michigan ) is an American jazz saxophonist .
Allen lives in New York, where he worked with musicians like Lester Bowie , George Cables , Betty Carter , Ron Carter , Jack DeJohnette , the Frank Foster Big Band , Winard Harper , Butch Morris , David Murray and Wallace Roney as well as with younger musicians like Cindy Blackman , Orrin Evans , Gerald Cleaver , Eric Revis , Marcus Gilmore , Russell Gunn , Me'shell Ndegeocello , Dave Douglas , Gerald Cleaver ( Live at Firehouse 12 ) and Nigel Kennedy .
He leads his own trio. For his debut album as a band leader ( In Search of ... ) he received the Best New Artist Award in Italy in 1999 . His second album ( Pharoah's Children ) came into the top ten of Jazziz Magazine for 2002. In 2013 he presented himself with Jaimeo Brown's Transcendence at the JazzFest Berlin . At the Down Beat Critics Poll 2020 he was the winner as a rising star in the composer category .
Discographic notes
- In Search of… ( Red , 1999) with Rodney Green , Shedrick Mitchell , Fabio Morgera , Eric Revis
- Pharoah's Children ( Criss Cross , 2001) with Orrin Evans, Gene Jackson , Jeremy Pelt , Eric Revis
- I Am I Am (Sunnyside, 2008)
- Shine! (Sunnyside, 2009)
- Victory! (Sunnyside, 2011) with Gregg August , Rudy Royston
- Grace (Savant, 2012), with Eldar Djangirov, Dezron Douglas , Jonathan Barber
- Americana: Musings on Jazz and Blues (Savant, 2016) with Gregg August, Rudy Royston
- Love Stone (Savant, 2018) with Liberty Ellman , Gregg August, Rudy Royston
- Barracoon (Savant 2019)
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| SURNAME | Allen, JD III |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 11, 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Detroit , Michigan, USA |