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Geri's Dance - The Geri Allen Songbook, Part 1

By Ludovico Granvassu | Mondo Jazz
June 26, 2021
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This week we celebrate the work of pianist

Geri Allen

piano
1957 - 2017

" data-original-title="" title="">Geri Allen whose contribution to the jazz world was cut short too early. The fruits of her legacy, however, have already been evident for some time. There are so many among today's pianists who are in their late 40s, from

Jason Moran

piano
b.1975

" data-original-title="" title="">Jason Moran to

Ethan Iverson

piano
b.1973

" data-original-title="" title="">Ethan Iverson, from

Vijay Iyer

piano
b.1971

" data-original-title="" title="">Vijay Iyer to

Aruán Ortiz

piano
b.1973

" data-original-title="" title="">Aru��n Ortiz or

David Virelles

piano
b.1983

" data-original-title="" title="">David Virelles, in whose piano playing one can feel the influence of the Pontiac native. And when you hear today's trailblazers looking up to a musician that was just 15-20 years their senior, you know that Geri Allen's repertoire is bound to become an increasingly influential source of inspiration for years to come.

Happy listening!

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Ben Allison
bass, acoustic
b.1966
" data-original-title="" title="">Ben Allison Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00
Geri Allen
piano
1957 - 2017
" data-original-title="" title="">Geri Allen "Bed-Sty" Maroons (Blue Note) 0:16
Host talks 5:34
Tim Ray
piano
" data-original-title="" title="">Tim Ray "Unconditional Love" Excursions and Adventures (Whaling City Sound) 7:00
Host talks 13:57
Donald Walden
saxophone, tenor
- 2008
" data-original-title="" title="">Donald Walden "MOPE" A Monk and a Mingus Among Us (JazzWorks) 15:44
Geri Allen
piano
1957 - 2017
" data-original-title="" title="">Geri Allen "Silence and Song / The Nurturer" The Nurturer (Blue Note) 22:40
Host talks 32:22
Wallace Roney
trumpet
1960 - 2020
" data-original-title="" title="">Wallace Roney "Village" Village (Warner) 34:02
Billy Tipton Memorial Saxophone Quartet
" data-original-title="" title="">Billy Tipton Memorial Saxophone Quartet "Le Goo Wop" Box (New World) 40:22
Host talks 49:39
Don Byron
clarinet
b.1958
" data-original-title="" title="">Don Byron,
Aruán Ortiz
piano
b.1973
" data-original-title="" title="">Aru��n Ortiz "Dolphy's Dance" Random Dances and (A)tonalities (Intakt) 51:24
Noël Akchoté
guitar
" data-original-title="" title="">No?l Akchot�� "See You at Per Tutti's" All I Should've Said (Self-released) 55:31
Host talks 57:33
Vijay Iyer
piano
b.1971
" data-original-title="" title="">Vijay Iyer,
Craig Taborn
piano
b.1970
" data-original-title="" title="">Craig Taborn "Meshwork / Libation / When Kabuya Dances" The Transitory Poems (ECM) 58:39

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