J.D. Allen III (born December 11, 1972, Detroit, Michigan, USA) is a jazz tenor saxophonist and composer. Allen has spent most of his career in New York City, where he has played with Lester Bowie, George Cables, Betty Carter, Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette, Frank Foster Big Band, Winard Harper, Butch Morris, David Murray, Wallace Roney, Cindy Blackman, Orrin Evans, Gerald Cleaver, Eric Revis, Russell Gunn, Me'shell Ndegeocello, Dave Douglas and Nigel Kennedy, among others.
J.D.'s debut album, In Search Of, (Red Records), was awarded the Best New Artist award in Italy in 1999. His next release, Pharaoh's Children (Criss Cross), was named one of Jazziz Magazine's Critics Pics Top 10 Albums of the Year.
J.D. currently resides in New York and performs regularly with his own trio. (DISC
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