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DAVID BIANCULLI, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead says COVID-era isolationism has produced a bumper crop of solo records from jazz instrumentalists. These include two very different new albums by two outstanding tenor saxophonists - J.D. Allen caught in the studio and Jon Irabagon recorded in the wild. He starts with J.D. Allen.
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KEVIN WHITEHEAD, BYLINE: Tenor saxophonist J.D. Allen giving These Foolish Things the gravitas of Old Man River. It s from Allen s solo CD Queen City, the nickname for Cincinnati, where he recorded it early in 2021. In the notes, Allen describes his own COVID-era journey, questioning what it s all about as the music world ground to a halt, then turning back to his horn - lockdown was made for practicing - and then towards self-reliance, making music on his own. He already had a sturdy, bluesy tone and deep authority as a player to build on.
COVID Era Produces A New Crop Of Solo Records From Jazz Instrumentalists
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