Geri Allen Discography

Joseph Jarman (soprano/tenor saxophone/c flute/b flute, Famoudou Don Moye percussion, Fred Hopkins bass, Geri Allen piano/synth

1 Inheritance 2 Petite Fleurr 3 Old Time South Street Dance 4 Blues for Alice 5 Unicorn in Shadows 6 Love Song for a Rainy Monday 7 Oh Sensei Ni Sasageru/Total time 47:27

1983 Pheeroan akLaff "Fits Like A Glove" Gramavision 8207

1984 Geri Allen "Printmakers" MinorMusic/PolyGram

Geri Allen piano, Anthony Cox bass, special guest Andrew Cyrille drums, mouth percussion, tympany

1 A Celebration of all Life 2 Eric (for Eric Dolphy) 3 Running as fast as you can...TGTH 4 M's Heart (In memory of Mrs. Barbara Jean Allen) 5 Printmakers (altosaxophonistic poetic type printmakers) 6 Andrew (For Andrew Cyrille) 7 When Kabuya Dances 8 D and V (For Daddy and Vernie)

1984 Oliver Lake Expandable Language "Black Saint 0074"

Lake as, K Eubanks g, Fred Hopkins/Anthony Cox b, Pheeroan akLaff/Andrew Cyrille d

1 Expandable Language (7:48) 2 Comous (5:20) 3 N.S. (5:50) 4 Page Four (5:20) 5 Soons (7:23) 6 Everybody Knows That (5:29)

1985 Geri Allen "Home Grown" Minor Music CD 004

Geri Allen solo p

1985 Frank Lowe "Decisions in Paradise" Soul Note 1082 CD

Frank Lowe ts, Charnette Moffet b, Graham Moncur III tb, Don Cherry p trumpet, Charles Moffett d. 1 Decision in Paradise 2 I'll Whistle Your Name (L. Morris) 3 Cherryco (D. Cherry) 4 Lowe-ologie (F, Lowe) 5 You Dig! (G. Moncur III) 6 Dues and Don'ts (F. Lowe)

1986 Steve Coleman "On The Edge of Tomorrow" JMT

Graham Haynes, C.Wilson, Kelvyn Bell, K.B.Harris, Smitty Smith, M.Johnson

1986 John Stubblefield "Bushman Song" Enja

C.Moffet b, Victor Lewis d, Mino Cinelu per

1986 Oliver Lake "Gallery" GramaVision 18-8609-1

Oliver Lake alto/tenor/soprano saxophone/flute, Pheeroan AkLaff drums, Fred Hopkins bass, Allen piano, Rasul Saddik trumpet
1 Olla's Blues (Lake), 2 Sad Louis (Lake), 3 Le Sport Suite (Lake), 4 Gallery (Lake) 5 C Piece (Lake), 6 France Dance (Lake)

1986 Arthur Blythe "DaDa" Columbia FC 40237

Allen on one cut only

1987 Franco Ambrosetti "Movies" Enja CD 5035-16

Franco Ambrosetti Fluegelhorn, John Scofield guitar, Greg Osby alto & soprano sax Michael Formanek bass, Daniel Humair drums, Gerry Gonzalez per 1 Summertime 2 Yellow Submarine 3 Chan's Song (Never Said) (Hancock) 4 That Old Black Magic (Arlen/Mercer) 5 Good Morning Heartache (Fisher/Drake/Higgenbotham) 6 Magnificent Seven (E. Bernstein) 7 Ich bin von Kopf bis Fub auf Liebe eingestelt (Falling in Love Again) (F. Hollaender) 8 Be A Brave Utopist

1987 Oliver Lake "Impala" Gramavision

Pheeroan Ak Laff, S.deBrian, Gene Lake, B. Ross

1987 James Newton "Romance and Revolution" Blue Note CDP7464312

Steve Turre R.Eubanks tb, J.Hoggard vb, Abdul Wadud cello Rick Rozie b 1 Forever Charles (J. Newton) 2 Meditations on Integration (Mingus) 3 Tenderly (Gross/Lawerence) 4 Peace (O. Coleman) 5 The Evening Leands Toward You (J. Newton)

1987 Geri Allen "In the Middle" MinorMusic/PolyGram

Geri Allen Piano Keyboards, Marcus Belgrave Fluegelhorn Trumpet, Rayse Biggs trumpet fluegelhorn, Mino Cinelu percussion, Steve Coleman alto saxophone, Robin Eubanks trombone, David McMurray soprano saxophone/fluegelhorn, Shahita Nurallah vocals, Jaribu Shahid bass, Lloyd Storey tap dancer/sound effects, Tani Tabbal drums

1987 Steve Coleman "Motherland Pulse" JMT 834401-2 Steve Coleman as, Lonnie Plaxico b, Marvin "Smitty" Smith d, Cassandra Wilson voc (#5), Graham Haynes trumpet (#3,#5) Mark Johnson d (#5)1 Irate Blues (J. Bourelly) 2 Another Level, 3 Cud Ba-rith, 4 Wights Waits for Weights 5 No Good Time Faries 6 On This 7 The Glide was in the Ride (G. Allen) 8 Motherland Pulse

1988 Charlie Haden/Paul Motion feat. Geri Allen "Etudes" SoulNote 121 162-2

Charlie Haden b, Paul Motion d

1 Lonely Woman (O. Coleman) 2 Dolphy's Dance (G. Allen ), 3 Sandino (C. Haden) 4 Fiasco (P. Motion) 5 Etude II (P. Motion) 6 Blues in Motion (C. Haden) 7 Silence (C. Haden) 8 Shuffle Montgomery (H. Nichols) 9 Etudes I (P. Motion)

1988 Ralph Peterson Jr "V" Blue Note

T.Blanchard, Steve Wilson, Phil Bowler

1988 Paul Motian "Monk in Motian" JMT 834421-2

Dewey Redman #4 only, Joe Lovano, Bill Frisell, Geri Allen #3 and #9 only

All compositions by Thelonious Monk except for Epistrophy by Monk and Liaquat Ali Salaam

1 Crepuscule with Nellie 2 Justice (T. Monk) 3 Ruby My Dear 4 Straight No Chaser 5 Bye-Ya 6 Ugly Beauty 7 Trinkle Tinkle 8 Epistrophy 9 Off Minor 10 Reflections

1988 Greg Osby "Mind Games" JMT 834422-2

Ed Simon, McNeal, Plaxico, Samuels

1988 David Friedman "Shades of Change" Enja CD 5017-35

Dave Friedman marimba, vb Anthony Cox b, Ronnie Burrage d

1 Shades of a Labyrinth 2 Out of a Labyrinth 3 3+1=5, 4 The Search 5 Ibrahim

8/88 Oliver Lake "Otherside" Gramavsion

Side 1: Lake saxpone, Allen piano, Anthony Peterson guitar, Fred Hopkins bass, Andrew Cyrille drums. Side 2: Lake, Greg Osby/Marty Ehrlich/John Stubblefield/Mathieu Darriau/Jay Branford saxophones, Stanton Davis/Baikida Carrol/Roy Okutani/Ken Cervanka trumpets, Frank Lacy/Al Patterson/Josh Roseman trombones, Pete Cireli bass/trombone, Mark Taylor/W. Marshall Seally french horns, Michelle Rosewoman piano, Leon Dorsey bass, Gene Lake drums

Side 1: 1 Gano Club 2 Whitestone 3 Stand 4 Hymn for the Old Year. Side 2: 1 Weave Song II 2 Dedicated to Dolphy

1989 Franco Ambrosetti "Movies Too" Enja Records R2 79616

Franco Ambrosetti Fluegelhorn, John Scofield guitar, Michael Formanek bass, Daniel Humair drums

1 My Man (Pollock/Yvain) 2 Angel Eyes (M. Dennis/Brent) 3 Theme from Superman (Williams) 4 Theme from Peter Gunn (H. Mancini) 5 Cinderella's Waltz (Mack/Hoffman) 6 What's New Pussycat (David,Bacharach) 7 God Bless the Child (Holiday/Herzog) 8 Steppenwolf (G. Gruntz)

1989 Chico Freeman feat Von Freeman "You'll Know When You Get There"
Black Saint 120 128-1

E.J. Allen trumpet/fl h, Chico Freeman ts/as/ss/bc/IVL/D50, Von Freeman ts/p, Geri Allen p. Donald Pate b, Victor Jones d, Norman Hedman per, Joel Brandon whistler

1989 Geri Allen "Twylight" Verve 841 152-2

Tani Tabbal d, Jaribu Shahid per, Sadiq Bey, Eli Fountain per, C. T. Bell vocals (#11) Geri Allen piano, synth.

1 When Kabuya Dances 2 Shadow Series 3 Skin 4 A Place of Power 5 Twylight 6 Stop the World 7 Wood 8 Little Wind 9 Dream Time 10 Blue 11 Black Pools

My favorite Geri Allen recording. She wrote all of the compositions. The music and style is original. It has a sort of surreal feel. The mixture of acoustic piano and synthesizer works well, I've missed it in her future recordings.

1989 Geri Allen/Charlie Haden/Paul Motion "In the Year of the Dragon"
JMT 834-428-2

Charlie Haden b, Paul Motian d

1 Oblivion (B. Powell) 2 For John Malachi (G. Allen) 3 Rollano (J.L. Mendolas) 4 See You at Per Tutti's (C. Haden) 5 Last Call (P. Motion) 6 No More Mr. Nice Guy (G. Allen) 7 Invisible (O. Coleman) 8 First Song (C. Haden) 9 In The Year of the Dragon (P. Motion)

1989 Geri Allen/Charlie Haden/Paul Motion "Segments" DIW-8333

Charlie Haden b, Paul Motian d

1 Law Years (O. Coleman 2 You'll Never Know (H. Warren) 3 Marmaduke (C. Parker) 4 Cabala/Drum Music (P. Motion) 5 Home (P. Motion) 6 I'm All Smiles (M. Leonard) 7 Segment (C. Parker) 8 La Pasionaria (C. Haden) 9 Rain (G. Allen)

1989 Jay Hoggard "Overview" Muse MCD 5383

Jay Hoggard - vib, Geri Allen p. Ed Rozie b. Frederick Waits d.

1 Put on A Happy Face (L. Adams) Overview (J. Hoggard) 3 Aguacate (J. Hoggard) 4 Blue Rags (J. Hoggard) 5 Ruby, My Dear (T. Monk) Convergence (J. Hoggard)

1989 Gary Thomas "By Any Means Necessary" JMT/Polygram 834432-2

Tim Murphy Anthony Cox b. Dennis Chambers d. + Scofield, M.Goodrick N.Vasconcelos, Osby 7 Janala 2:35 (Geri Allen)

1989 Cecil Brooks III "The Collective" Muse MCD 5377

Cecil Brooks III drums, Gary Thomas tenor saxophone, Greg Osby alto saxophone, Lonnie Plaxico bass

1 The Sketch is the Key 2 We'll Be Together Again 3 Ace Boy (Little Cece) 4 Sunshine 5 Are You Real 6 West Coast Blues 7 Temptation 8 We'll Be Together Again (Longer version)/Total time 49:15

1989 Ralph Peterson Jr "Triangular" Blue Note CDP7927502

Ralph Peterson d, Essiet Okon Essiet b, Phil Bowler b (#5)

1 Bemsha Swing (D. Best/T. Monk) 2 Triangular (R. Peterson) 3 Water Colors (R. Peterson) 4 Princess (R. Peterson) 5 Just You, Just Me (J. Grear/R. Klages) 6 Move (D. Best) 7 Splash (E.O. Essiet) 8 Smoke Rings (R. Peterson)

1989 Ralph Peterson Jr "Volition" Blue Note CDP7938942

Terrance Blanchard, Steve Wilson, Phil Bowler

1989 Buddy Collette Quintet feat. James Newton "Flute Talk" Soul Note 121165

Collette, flute, clarinet, alto, James Newton, flute, Haribu Shahid, bass, Gianpiero Prina, drums

1 Magali (Collette) 2 Blues in Torrance (Collette) 3 Richmond In Acropolis (Newton) 4 It's You (Collette) 5 Crystal (Collette) 6 Andre (Collette) 7 Flute Talk (Collette, Newton) 8 Roshanda (Collette)

1990 Betty Carter "Droppin' Things" Verve/Polygram 843 991-2

Freddie Hubbard trumpet (#4,5,8,8), Craig Handy ts (4,5,7,8) Mark Cary p, Tarus Mateen b, G. Hutchinson d. Geri Allen p. #2 Only

1 30 Years (B. Carter) 2 Star Dust/Memories of You (H. Carmichael/M. Parish) 3 What's The Use of Wond'rin' (O. Hammerstein II/R. Rogers) 4 Open the Door '90 (B. Carter) 5 Droppin' Things (B. Carter) 6 I Love Music (E. Boyd/H. Smit) 7 Why Him (B. Lane/A.J. Lerner) 8 Dull Day (In Chicago) (B. Carter)

1990 Dewey Redman Qt "Living on the Edge" Black Saint 120123-2

Dewey Redman alto/tenor saxophone, Geri Allen piano, Cameron Brown bass, Eddie Moore drums

1 Boo Boodoop - Redman 2 Mirror Windows - Redman 3 Blues for J.A.M (Redman) 4 If I Should Lose You (Robin) 5 As One (Redman) 6 Lazy Bird (J. Coltrane)

1990 Fred Wesley "New Friends" Antilles 422-848-280-2

Fred. Wesley, trombone, Anthony Cox, bass, Stanton Davis, trumpet, fluegelhorn Maceo Parker, alto, percussion, Tim Green, tenor, soprano, percussion, Bill Steward, drums

1 Rockin' in Rhythm (Carney/Mills/Ellington) 2 Honey Love (MCPhatter&Wexler) 3 Bright Mississippi(Monk) 4 Love We Had Stays on My Mind (Collier/Wade) 5 For the Elders (Wesley) 6 Plenty, Plenty Soul (Q. Jones) 7 Blue Monk (T. Monk) 8 Peace Fugue (Wesley) 9 Eyes So Beautiful (E. Hope, T. Corrol) 10 Birks Works (D. Gillespie) 11 D-Cup and Up (Wesely, L. Peterson)

1991 Geri Allen "The Nurturer" Blue Note CDP 7 95139 2

Marcus Belgrave trumpet/flugelhorn, Kenny Garrett alto saxophone, R. Hurst bass, Jeff Watts drums, Eli Fountain, percussion

1 Night's Shadow (E. Fountain) 2 No. 3 (L. Williams) 3 It's Good to be Home Again (L. Williams) 4 Batista's Groove (M. Belgrave) 5 Night of Power (For My Daughter Laila) (G. Allen) 6 Our Gang (R. Hurst) 7 Silence and Song/The Nurturer (G. Allen) 8 Le Goo Wop (G. Allen) 9 Lullaby of Isfahn (K. Garrett)

1991 Geri Allen/Charlie Haden/Paul Motion "Live at Village Vanguard" DIW-847

Paul Motion drums, Haden bass

1 A Prayer for Peace 2 Obtuse Angles 3 It Should Have Happened a Long Time Ago 4 For Turiya 5 Fiasco 6 In the Year of The Dragon 7 Vanguard Blues 8 Mumbo Jumbo 9 Song for the Whales

1991 Ivo Perelman "Live in New York" Vidio Artists International

Ivo Perelman tenor saxophone, Flora Purim vocals, Geri Allen piano, Fred Hopkins bass, Andrew Cyrille drums, Mino Cinelu percussion, Elson Nascimento bass drum

1 Slave of Jo 2 Nesta Rua 3 The Carnation and the Rose

Total time 58:40. Recorded live at the Knitting Factory on October 16, 1990. Three traditional Brazilian folk songs arranged and adapted by Ivo. Ivo is full of energy. All of the musicians play really hard. Geri, as she does with so many musicians, complements his style. Fred Hopkins does an excellent bass solo on #3. The video includes background shots of the musicians perparing for the performance. I picked up the video at Tower Records. Write to Ivo Perelman at 163 Third Avenue #274, NY, NY 10003. Write to Video Artists International at P.O. Box 153, Ansonia Station, NY, NY 10023

1992 Geri Allen "Maroons" Blue Note CDP 0777 7 99493 2 8

Marcus Belgrave trumpet, W. Roney trumpet, Anthony Cox bass, Dywane Dolphin bass, Pheeroan akLaff drums, Tani Tabbal drum

1 Feed the Fire 2 No More Mr. Nice Guy 3 And They Partied 4 Number Four 5 A Prayer For Peace 6 Mad Money 7 Two Brothers 8 Feed the Fire II 9 Dolphy's Dance 10 Dolphy's Dance 11 Laila's House 12 Feed the Fire III 13 Brooklyn Bound "A" 14 Bed-Sty 15 Maroons

My second favorite Geri Allen recording. She penned all but two compositions. The music has a post-bop bent and the tunes are adventurous especially the "Feed the Fire" trio. "And They Partied" jams with two basses, two drums! "Bed-Sty jams too.

1993 Roy Brooks "Duet in Detroit" Enja 7067 2

Roy Brooks drums, *Randy Weston piano, **Woody Shaw trumpet, ***Don Pullen piano ****G. Allen piano

1 Introduction* 2 Zulu* 3 Waltz for Sweetcakes* 4 Elegy for Eddie Jefferson** 5 Jeffuso** 6 Introduction*** 7 Forever Mingus*** 8 Healing Force*** 9 Samba Del Sol**** 10 Duet in Detroit****

1993 Wallace Roney "Crunchin'" Muse 5518

Wallace Roney trumpet, Antonio Hart as, Geri Allen p, Ron Carter b, Kenny Washington d

1 Woody'n You 2 What's New 3 Angel Eyes 4 Swing Spring 5 Time After Time 6 We See 7 You Stepped Out of a Dream 8 Misterioso
Straight-ahead bop.

1993 Wallace Roney "Munchin'" Muse 5533

Wallace Roney trumpet, Ravi Coltrane tenor sax, Geri Allen piano, Christian McBride bass, Kenny Washington drums

1 Solar 2 Ah-Leu-Cha 3 Bemsha Swing 4 Lost 5 Daahoud 6 Whims of Chambers 7 Smooch 8 Love for Sale
Yet more straight-ahead bop.

1993 Greg Osby "3D Lifestyle" Blue Note CDP 0777 7 98635 2 5

1 Mr. Gutterman 2 God-Man Cometh 3 Raise 4 3-D Lifestyles 5 Hardcopy 6 Streetjazz 7 Honor The Example 8 Flow to the Underculture 9 Intelligent Madness 10 Thelonious

1994 Me'shell Ndege Ocello "Plantation Lullabies" Maverick 45333-2

Me'Shell Ndegecello vocals/multi instruments, Geri Allen/Bobby Lyle piano, Bill Summers/David Gamson drums, Joshua Redman tenor sax, Andre Betts programming/producer, Luis Conte conga, David Fiuczynski/Wah Wah Watson guitar, Byron Jackson backgroud vocals

Pretty decent avant-pop. Minimal Geri though.

1994 ERNIE WATTS "UNITY" JVC

Ernie Watts (s), Geri Allen (p), Jack de Johnette(d), Eddie Gomez (b), Steve Swallow (b)

1994 Betty Carter "Feed the Fire" Verve 314523600-2

Betty Carter vocals, Geri Allen piano, Jack De Johnette drums, Dave Holland bass

1 Feed the Fire 2 Love Notes 3 Sometiems I'm Happy 4 Lover Man 5 I'm All Smiles 6 If I Should Lose You 7 All or Nothing at All 8 What is This Tune 9 Day Dream 10 B's Blues

1994 Geri Allen "Twenty One" Somethin'Else Records/Blue Note TOCJ-5564

Geri Allen piano, Ron Carter bass, Tony William drums

1 RTG 2 If I Should Lose You 3 Drummer's Song 4 Introspection/Thelonious 5 A Beautiful Friendship 6 In the Morning (For Sister Leola 7 Tea for Two 8 Lullaby of the Leaves 9 Feed the Fire 10 Old Folks 11 A Place of Power 12 In the Middle/Total time 54:18

1994 Dwayne Dolphin "Portrait of Adrian" Minor Music CD MM 801042

Ravi Coltrane tenor/soprano saxophones, Michael Mossman trumpet/piccolo trumpet/fluegelhorn/trombone, Geri Allen piano, Dwayne Dolphin bass, Roger Humphries drums

1 So What 2 Portrait of Adrian 3 Passion Dance 4 Pappilion 5 Fee Fi Fo Fum 6 Hank'sBlues 7 Maiden Voyage 8 Enchantress 9 Softly As In A Morning Sunrise 10 Lost Souls 11 Down and Out

1995 Reggie Workman "Cerebral Caverns" Postcards 1010

Reggie Workman b, Geri Allen p (2,5,7,8), Al Foster d (3,5,), Gerry Hemingway d (1,2,4,6,7), Julian Priester tb (3,4,5), Sam Rivers ts/ss/fl (1,3-5,7), Elizabeth Panzer harp (1,5,6,8), Tapan Modak tablas (1,4,5)

1 Cerebral Caverns I 2 What's in Your Hand 3 Fast Forward 4 Ballad Explorations 5 Half of My Soul (Tristan's Love Theme) 6 Eastern Persuasion 7 Evolutions 8 Seasonal Elements (Spring-Summer-Fall-Winter) TT: 56:06

This is extraordinary music by outstanding musicians. As always Reggie Workman provides the basis for free improvisation. All of the musicians are leaders but here they blend into one cohesive unit. The ensemble is enhanced with beautiful harp and tablas highlights. Instrumentation is different on each tune so you get many wonderful feelings throughout.

1995 Courtney Pine "Modern Day Jazz Stories" Verve/Antilles 314 529 028-2

Courtney Pine soprano/tenor saxophones/flute, Geri Allen acoustic piano/Hammond B3 organ, Charnette Moffett double bass, Ronnie Burrage drums/percussion, DJ Pogo turntables

1 Prelude - The Water of Life 2 The 37th Chamber 3 Don't 'Xplain 4 Dah Blessing 5 In the Garden of Eden (Thinking Inside of You) 6 Creation Stepper 7 Absolution 8 Each One (Must) Teach One 9 The Unknown Warrior (Song for My Forefathers) 10 I've Know Rivers 11 Outro - Guiding Light/Total time 59:09

I'm partial to Courtney's acoustic quartet here, so I've skipped over the "smooth-jazz" compositions (1, 2, 3, 8) which I can't really stomach. The other recordings are excellent. I'll start with Dah Blessing (#4). His tenor is strong as ever. He's working with two of my favorite rhythm providers of Charnett Moffett on bass and Geri Allen on piano. They are also part of Ornette Coleman's section for his acoustic quartet. #6 sounds like Pharoah Sanders "Out of this World" and has a classic Coltrane quartet sound. It's very rhythmic. #7 Has African undertones and again, reminiscent of 'trane, Courtney is on soprano sax. #8 is a mid-tempo jazz ballad. Beautiful piano playing by Allen #5 is kind of folky with Mark Whitfield on acoustic guitar.
Overall I like the recording, an excellent mixture of the real sounds of "Modern Day Jazz".

1995 Marcus Belgrave "Marcus Belgrave with Detroit's Jazz Piano Legacy Vol 1 - Live at Kerrytown Concert House" DJM-102

1-3: Marcus Belgrave trumpet, Tommy Flanagan piano, Lewis Nash bass, Peter Washington drums, 4,6,7: Marcus Belgrave, Geri Allen piano, 5: Marcus Belgrave, Geri Allen, Lawrence Williams, 8-10: Marcus Belgrave, Gary Schunk, Marion Hayden, Lorenzo "Spoons" Brown

1996 Jay Hoggard "Night in Greenwich Village" Muse Records

Jay Hoggard vibraphone, Geri Allen piano, Anthony Cox bass, Marvin "Smitty" Smith drums

1 A Night in Tunisia (12:24) 2 Monk's Mood (16:57) 3 The Guiding Spirit (16:57) 4 Comfort in the Storm (13:27) 5 Mystic Winds/Tropic Breezes (13:26)

1996 Kansas City: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Verve

Kevin Mahogany vocal, Olu Dara cornet, Nicholas Payton/James Zollar trumpet, Curtis Fowlkes/Clark Gayton trombone, Don Byron clarinet, Don Byron/James Carter/Jesse Davis/David "Fathead" Newman/Craig Handy/David Murray/Josua Redman saxophones, Russell Malone/Mark Whitfield guitar, Geri Allen/Cyrus Chestnut piano, Ron Carter/Tyrone Clark/Christian McBride bass, Victor Lewis drums

1 Blues in the Dark 2 Moten Swing 3 I Surrender Dear 4 Queer Notions 5 Lullaby of the Leaves 6 I Left My Baby 7 Yeah, Man
8 Froggy Bottom 9 Solitude 10 Pagin' the Devil 11 Lafayette 12 Solitude (Reprise)

Wonderfully executed old-time jazz by a cast of some of the greatest players living today. This is probably the last time you'll see them together. It swings. All tracks are excellent, steeped in the blues and swing which is what Kansas City was about.

1996 Rodney Whitaker "Children of the Light" Koch Jazz: KOC-CD-7829

Nicholas Payton, Wallace Roney, trumpet; James Carter, tenor saxophone; Cassius Richmond, flute; Cyrus Chestnut, Geri Allen, piano; Alex Herding, baritone saxophone; Rodney Whitaker, bass; Kariem Riggins, Gregory Hutchinson, drums; Andrew Daniels II, percussion

1 Mandela's Muse 2 Broadway 3 One Silent Moment 4 On Green Dolphin Street 5 Woman Child 6 Mood Swings 7 (Queen) Roz 8 Children of the Light 9 Langman 10 El Morro 11 Cultural Warrior

1996 Ornette Coleman "Sound Museum Three Women" Harmolodic/Verve
1996 Ornette Coleman "Sound Museum Hidden Man" Harmolodic/Verve

Ornette Coleman sax/violin/trumpet, Geri Allen piano, Charnette Moffett bass, Denardo Coleman drums, * Lauren Kinhan and Chris Walker vocals

1 Sound Museum 2 Monsieur Allard 3 City Living 4 What Reason 5 Home Grown 6 Stopwatch 7 Don't You Know By Now 8 P.P. (Picolo Pesos) 9 Women of the Veil 10 Yesterday, Today, & Tomorrow 11 Biosphere 12 European Echoes 13 Mob Job 14 Macho Woman

"Sound Museum" exists in two CD renditions of the same compositions played differently in each rendition. This concept was done to show music harmolodically. "Three Women" has one song (track 7) and thirteen instrumentals. "Hidden Man" includes an additional instrumental "What a Friend We Have in Jesus (Variation)". I really enjoyed both renditions but for some reason ""Hidden Man" touches me more. I think it is because I hear Geri's voice more. Go directly to Harmalodic for more information.

1997 General Music Project "General Music Project" Evidence ECD 22173-2

Kenny Garrett alto and soprano saxophones, Geri Allen piano, Charnett Moffett bass, Charles Moffett drums
Recorded on June 19, 1993 at Crossroad Studio, NY, NY.

1 Choo Choo Train 2 Apex 3 Sing A Song of Song 4 Happy Dream 5 Calling You 6 Tip-Toeing 7 Intro to Yellow 8 Sahara's Short Story 9 Sunbeam 10 Cathedral

Here you have four wonderful musicians. Two out of Detroit, Geri and Kenny. Their kindred spirits go way back. They both went to the famous Cass Technical High School. Kenny played on one of Geri's best bop dates, "The Nurturer." Mr. Marcus Belgrave nurtured them both. He's an unsung hero in Detroit, somewhat like Horace Tapscott and Billy Higgins out of L. A and I'm sure countless others across America. These guys play vital roles in African American community as mentors sacrificing fame and fortune. The Moffett/Allen connection can be found with both Moffetts. Charles played with her on Frank Lowe's adventurous star recording "Decision in Paradise." Charnett recorded with Geri on Ornette's "Sound Museum," Ornette's first in 30 years to include a piano player. Charles was Ornette's original drummer.

When I first heard this CD, I was ready to dismiss it as your typical formula jazz, you know, play the head, then some solos and wrap it up. But with repeated listening, you can really feel the passion emanating from the musicians. The music is melodic; the playing superb. Some tunes make you want to dance, like Charnett's "Choo Choo Train," and Charles "Sunbeam." "Choo Choo Train" is a grooving modern day jazz story; Geri and Kenny pull excellent solos. "Sunbeam" is more dark, reminiscent of Ornette's 60s' days, bought into the 90s. Geri sprinkles and rolls her erotic notes throughout and she does a deep, personal exchange with Kenny. Other songs are slow and quiet like Charnett's mesmerizing, Coltrane inspired "Happy Dream," and Bob Telson's "Calling You" from the movie "Bagdad Café." You can hear lazy grooves on Geri's "Intro to Yellow" allegro, Garrett's beautiful, haunting exchange with Geri and Charnett on "Sahara's Short Story" and Charnett's "Cathedral." There are bop originals, Mulgrew Miller's "Apex," and Garrett's danceable "Tip-Toeing" and "Sing A Song Of Song".

1997 Geri Allen "Eyes... In The Back Of Your Head" Blue Note 7243 8 38297 2 9

Geri Allen piano/synthesizer, Ornette Coleman alto saxophone (3,10), Wallace Roney trumpet (4,6,8,9), Cyro Baptista percussion (1,4,5,6)

Geri Allen's first release as a leader in five years. This date is reminissent of her earlier "Twylight" recording. She presents music in solo, duo, and trio format. The music is spacious, it embraces all aspects of her creativity from soft delicacy to hard driving rhythms.

1997 Geri Allen "Some Aspects of Water" (Trio/Nonet Jazzpar 96) (Storyville 4212)
Recorded live March 1996 in Denmark.

Trio: Geri Allen (p), Palle Danielsson (b), Lenny White (dr). Nonet: + Johny Coles (flugelhorn), Henrik Bolberg Pedersen (tr, flugerhorn), Kjeild Ipsen (tb), Alex Windfeld (tuba), Michael Hove (as, fl, cl), Uffe Markussen (ts, ss, bass-cl,fl).

1. Feed The Fire 2. A Beautiful Friendship 3. Old Folks 4. Smooth Attitudes 5. Some Aspects Of Water 6. Skin

1997 Woody Shaw "Bemsha Swing" (Blue Note 29029)
Recorded live at Baker's Keyboard, Detroit, Michigan.

Woody Shaw (trumpet); Geri Allen (piano); Robert Hurst (bass); Roy Brooks (percussion).

DISC 1 1. Bemsha Swing 2. Ginseng People 3. Well You Needn't 4. Eric 5. United DISC 2: 1. Nutty 2. In A Capricornian Way 3. Star Eyes 4. Theloniously Speaking

1997 Lennie White "Renderers of Spirit" (Hip Bob Feb 18, 1997)

Lenny White drums; Stanley Clarke bass; Geri Allen piano Michael Brecker saxophone; George Duke keyboards; Javon Jackson saxophone

1. Walk on By 2. Sailing 3. Pick Pocket 4. Whew! What A Dream

1997 Kansas City Band "KC After Dark" (Verve)

Don Byron saxophon/clarinet; Curtis Fowlkes/Clark Gayton trombone; Olu Dara/Nicholas Payton/James Zollar trumpet; Kevin Mahogany vocal; James Carter/Jesse Davis/Craig Handy/David Newman/Joshua Redman saxophones; Russell Malone/Mark Whitfield guitar; Geri Allen/Cyrus Chestnut piano; Ron Carter/Tyrone Clarke/Christian McBride bass; Victor Lewis drums

1. St. Louis Blues 2. Cherokee 3. Indiana 4. Harvard Blues 5. Prince of Wails 6. Froggy Bottom 7. Piano Boogie 8. King Porter Stop 9. Tickle Toe 10. Indiana

1997 Charlie Haden "The Montreal Tapes with Geri Allen and Paul Motion" (Verve)

Geri Allen piano; Charlie Haden bass; Paul Motion drums

1. Blues in Motion 2. Fiasco 3. First Song 4. Dolphy's Dance 5. For John Malachi 6. In the Year of the Dragon

1998 Geri Allen"The Gathering" (Verve)

Geri Allen piano; Wallace Roney trumpet/flugelhorn; Robin Eubanks trombone; Dwight Andrews reeds; Vernon Reid acoustic/electric guitar; Ralphe Armstrong/Buster Williams bass; Lenny White drums; Mino Cinelu percussion