Tag: Geri Allen
Six Picks: October 2013
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in The New York City Jazz Record, October 2013: Ralph Alessi, Baida (ECM) Geri Allen, Grand River Crossings: Motown & Motor City Inspirations (Motéma) Samuel Blaser Consort In Motion, A Mirror to Machaut (Songlines) Linda Oh, Sun Pictures (Greenleaf) Mario Pavone, Arc Trio (Playscape) Leron Thomas, Whatever (ind.)
On Geri Allen
In the new Philadelphia Weekly: Geri Allen & Timeline Sat., Dec. 4, 7:30pm. $32-$38. Kimmel Center, 260 South Broad St. 215.731.3333 www.kimmelcenter.org Hailing from the hard-bop capital of Detroit, pianist Geri Allen has always made a point of stretching jazz’s parameters, from her early work with Steve Coleman and Charlie Haden to her ’90s duo and quartet summits with the
The week on disc (74)
In case you missed the last one… Walter Smith III, Live in Paris (Space Time) Daniel Humair/Tony Malaby/Bruno Chevillon, Pas de Dense (Zig Zag) Geri Allen & Timeline, Live (Motéma) Keith DeStefano & Puzzlebox, A Place to Be (ind.) Lee Konitz/Chris Cheek/Stephane Furic Leibovici, Jugendstil II (ESP-Disk) Marilyn Crispell & David Rothenberg, One Night I Left My Silent House (ECM)