The Jazz Organ Scene
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Geri Allen
Composer and pianist Geri Allen began music lessons at age seven.
After receiving a bachelor's degree in jazz studies from Howard University,
she moved to New York in 1982. Her background includes work in an early
edition of the funk-metal band Living Colour and as a jazz sideman with Oliver Lake,
Frank Lowe, Steve Coleman, and Ralph Peterson.
Her album "The Nurturer" is a tribute to her high school mentor Marcus Belgrave and contains original compositions that incorporate African rhythms.In 1991, she composed a musical theater piece about homelessness and the environment commissioned by American Music Theater Festival in Philadelphia and cut an album of Jimmy Hendrix music recast for three pianos. Geri passed away in June 2017. |
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Modern Day Jazz Stories Verve 529028-2 recorded 1995 in New York/USA |
Courtney Pine, soprano sax, tenor sax, flute Geri Allen, Hammond B-3 organ, piano Charnette Moffett, bass Ronnie Burrage, drums, percussion Eddie Henderson, trumpet Cassandra Wilson, voice Mark Whitfield, guitar |
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A Child Is Born Motéma MTM-69 recorded in Rahway, NJ and New York City/USA |
Geri Allen, piano, celeste, Farfisa organ, Fender Rhodes piano, clavinet Carolyn Brewer, vocals Connaitre Miller, vocals Barbara Roney, vocals Farah Jasmine Griffin, spoken word Women Of the Gee's Bend Quilt Collective |
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