Twenty One (Geri Allen album)
Twenty One | ||||
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Studio album by Geri Allen | ||||
Released | November 1994 | |||
Recorded | March 23–24, 1994 | |||
Studio | Manhattan Center Studios, NYC | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 54:18 | |||
Label | Blue Note CDP 8 30028 | |||
Producer | Herb Jordan & Teo Macero | |||
Geri Allen chronology | ||||
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Twenty One is an album by pianist Geri Allen with bassist Ron Carter and drummer Tony Williams recorded in 1994 and released on the Blue Note label.[1] The title of the album refers to the commitment Allen made at age 21 to continue and extend the tradition of the jazz masters.[2]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
AllMusic awarded the album 3½ stars, stating, " Allen's style is fairly original, with hints of Herbie Nichols, and her chancetaking but logical solos are generally quite stimulating".[3]
Writer Gary Giddins called the album "a display of strength" and "a mature work by a performer... who was repositioning herself as a jazz centrist."[4] He commented: "This is a trio fearsomely alive... The triumph of Twenty One is in the certainty with which Allen's individuality asserts itself in a setting that might have neutralized her."[5]
Track listing
All compositions by Geri Allen except as indicated
- "RTG" - 2:46
- "If I Should Lose You" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) - 4:36
- "Drummer's Song" - 3:52
- "Introspection/Thelonious" (Thelonious Monk) - 4:36
- "A Beautiful Friendship" (Donald Kahn, Stanley Styne) - 3:23
- "In the Morning" - 6:10
- "Tea for Two" (Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans) - 3:18
- "Lullaby of the Leaves" (Bernice Petkere, Joe Young) - 5:15
- "Feed the Fire" - 6:17
- "Old Folks" (Dedette Lee Hill, Willard Robison) - 6:18
- "A Place of Power" - 3:16
- "In the Middle" - 4:25
Personnel
- Geri Allen - piano
- Ron Carter - bass
- Tony Williams - drums
References
- ^ Geri Allen catalog, accessed July 1, 2014
- ^ Giddins, Gary (1998). Visions of Jazz : The First Century. Oxford University Press. p. 620.
- ^ a b Yanow, S., Allmusic Review accessed July 1, 2014
- ^ Giddins, Gary (1998). Visions of Jazz : The First Century. Oxford University Press. p. 618.
- ^ Giddins, Gary (1998). Visions of Jazz : The First Century. Oxford University Press. p. 622.
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- The Printmakers (1984)
- Home Grown (1985)
- Open on All Sides in the Middle (1986)
- In the Year of the Dragon (1989)
- Segments (1989)
- Twylight (1989)
- Live at the Village Vanguard (1990)
- The Nurturer (1990)
- Maroons (1992)
- Twenty One (1994)
- Eyes in the Back of Your Head (1995–96)
- Some Aspects of Water (1996)
- The Gathering (1998)
- The Life of a Song (2004)
- Timeless Portraits and Dreams (2006)
- Flying Toward the Sound (2008)
- Geri Allen & Timeline Live (2009)
- A Child Is Born (2011)
- Grand River Crossings (2012)
- A Lovesome Thing (2012)
- Expandable Language (1984)
- Otherside (1988)
- Talkin' Stick (1997)
- At This Time (2008)
- Movies (Franco Ambrosetti, 1986)
- Movies Too (Franco Ambrosetti, 1988)
- The Collective (Cecil Brooks III, 1989)
- Duet in Detroit (Roy Brooks, 1989)
- Droppin' Things (Betty Carter, 1990)
- Feed the Fire (Betty Carter, 1993)
- Sound Museum: Hidden Man (Ornette Coleman, 1996)
- Sound Museum: Three Women (Ornette Coleman, 1996)
- Motherland Pulse (Steve Coleman, 1985)
- Flute Talk (Buddy Collette, 1988)
- Etudes (Charlie Haden, 1987)
- The Montreal Tapes: with Geri Allen and Paul Motian (Charlie Haden, 1989)
- The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra (Charlie Haden, 1989)
- Reflections in Change (Craig Handy, 1999)
- Lift Every Voice (Charles Lloyd, 2002)
- Jumping the Creek (Charles Lloyd, 2004)
- Decision in Paradise (Frank Lowe, 1984)
- Monk in Motian (Paul Motian, 1988)
- Mindgames (Greg Osby, 1988)
- Living on the Edge (Dewey Redman, 1989)
- Crunchin' (Wallace Roney, 1993)
- Munchin' (Wallace Roney, 1993)
- Bemsha Swing (Woody Shaw, 1986)
- By Any Means Necessary (Gary Thomas, 1989)