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JD Allen: Queen City

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Simon Sweetman
Jan 08, 2022
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JD Allen

Queen City

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JD Allen is one hell of a tenor saxophonist, with over a dozen recordings as a leader and plenty of guest spots too – working with the likes of Cindy Blackman, Orrin Evans and Lisa Hilton (among others). But Queen City is his first solo saxophone albums.

His great hero is Sonny Rollins, so it feels like a solo saxophone record wou…

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