{"id":7545,"date":"2016-05-23T18:24:13","date_gmt":"2016-05-24T01:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/?p=7545"},"modified":"2016-05-23T18:24:13","modified_gmt":"2016-05-24T01:24:13","slug":"monday-recommendation-jd-allen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2016\/05\/monday-recommendation-jd-allen\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Recommendation: JD Allen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>JD Allen<\/strong>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Americana-Musings-Blues-JD-Allen\/dp\/B01DY2Z4N8\/?_encoding=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;linkCode=ur2&#038;tag=rifftidougram-20\"target=\"_blank\">Americana: Musings on Jazz and Blues<\/a> (Savant)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/JD-Allen-Americana-2.jpg\" alt=\"JD Allen Americana\" width=\"210\" height=\"210\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/JD-Allen-Americana-2.jpg 210w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/JD-Allen-Americana-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/JD-Allen-Americana-2-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/JD-Allen-Americana-2-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/>The wisdom of Allen\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s choice of material is borne out in nine performances that illustrate an article of faith he expresses in his notes, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6the blues is the gateway to the past and future of American music; the well from which gospel, jazz, rock, country, rhythm &#038; blues and hip hop are drawn.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d In the album\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s audio spectrum, Allen\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s tenor saxophone is firmly between bassist Gregg August and drummer Rudy Royston. The sonic relationship emphasizes the interdependence the three have developed in their years as a working band. The power of August\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s bass lines and the responsiveness of Royston\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s drumming frame Allen\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s deep musings and the harmonic coloring he uses to stir emotions. Seven of the nine blues lines are his. The trio\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s passion makes this a living blues statement and a landmark in Allen\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s impressive discography.    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JD Allen, Americana: Musings on Jazz and Blues (Savant) The wisdom of Allen\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s choice of material is borne out in nine performances that illustrate an article of faith he expresses in his notes, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6the blues is the gateway to the past and future of American music; the well from which gospel, jazz, rock, country, rhythm [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7546,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7545","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-recommendations","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}