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Kris Allen -][- CIRCLE HOUSE – [Truth Revolution Records, 2012] –

16 Sunday Sep 2012

Posted by Rob Young in Biography, Improvised Music, Jazz, Mainstream-Traditional Jazz, Modern Jazz, Music, New Music, What's New?

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Kris Allen -][- CIRCLE HOUSE –Mp3– [Truth Revolution Records, 2012] –

Kris Allen inherited a love of music from his mother, a church organist who gave him his first lessons on a tiny xylophone. At a young age, he displayed considerable gifting as a classical pianist, but it was jazz that truly won his heart at age 14 when a friend loaned him trumpeter Lee Morganʼs album “ The Gigolo”. Kris began to devote most of his spare time to listening to great jazz records and practicing the alto saxophone. Continue reading →

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Jen Allen -][- PIECES OF MYSELF – [Jen Allen, 2011] –

23 Thursday Aug 2012

Posted by Rob Young in Biography, Improvised Music, Jazz, Modern Jazz, Music, What's New?

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Jen Allen -][- PIECES OF MYSELF –Mp3– [Jen Allen, 2011]

Jen Allen is a jazz pianist whose debut solo album “Pieces of Myself” was released in June 2011. The album features Dave Baron on bass, Lee Fish on drums, Kris Allen on alto, Josh Evans on trumpet and Andrew Renfroe on guitar.

In May 2011, Allen was chosen as one of only eight pianists from around the world to participate in the Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Workshop at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Continue reading →

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