Twenty One (Geri Allen album)
Twenty One | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
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 | |||
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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
[edit]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
[edit]- Geri Allen - piano
- Ron Carter - bass
- Tony Williams - drums
References
[edit]- ^ 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.