Truth Revolution Recording Collective is proud to announce the release of saxophonist Kris Allen’s new albumJune, due out November 18, 2022. A contemplative quest through a collection of nature-themed compositions, Junewelcomes a top-tier quartet – Carmen Staaf on piano, Luques Curtis on bass, plus drummer Jonathan Barber – and adds guest voices new and old (Chris Dingman, Jeremy Pelt, Michael Mayo and Shenel Johns) for a project that tunnels deep into the essential melancholy of the human experience.

As Owen McNally of WNPR described, the bandleader is “very much his own man with his own creative voice.” Allen’s most mature recording to date finds the one-time Jackie McLean protege embracing that exact stature, and bringing to bear over two decades of experience as bandleader and sideman with jazz luminaries both historic and contemporary.

June marks the third straight release from Allen with Truth Revolution Recording Collective over a decade-long collaboration, following two of his acclaimed leader releases: the fiery debut Circle House, (2012) and the widely celebrated Beloved, (2016) “which ‘[locates] the profound within the familiar’ (Downbeat- ★★★★); and boasted “today’s saxophone dream band” (Jazziz Magazine).