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NJPAC and Montclair State University Launch New All-Female Jazz Education Residency for Summer 2014
Grammy-Nominated New Jersey Pianist Geri Allen to Serve as Artistic Director New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), in collaboration with Montclair State University will offer a new, All-Female Jazz Residency as part of NJPAC’s arts education offerings. The residency will be led by Grammy-nominated New Jersey pianist Geri Allen, who will serve as the program’s artistic ...
David Weiss: In Celebration of Endangered Species
by Fiona Ord-Shrimpton
David Weiss and his mini big band of jazz chameleons are a ready example of how to concentrate at OCD levels to perfect musical things of beauty that stand the test of time, repeatedly. Many have focused a hell of a lot more than 10,000 hours to cultivate this sound, and some have overcome myriad adversities ...
Grand River Crossings
By Geri Allen
Label: Motéma Music
Released: 2013
Track listing: 01. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' (Michael Jackson) - 2:21;
02. Tears Of A Clown (Henry Cosby / Smokey Robinson / Stevie Wonder) -5:31;
03. That Girl (Stevie Wonder) - 6:05;
04. Grand River Crossings I (Geri Allen) - 0:48;
05. The Smart Set (Roy Brooks) - 2:54;
06. Let It Be (Paul McCartney) - 3:58;
07. Space Odyssey (Marcus Belgrave) - 5:36;
08. In Appreciation (Geri Allen) - 1:04;
09. Baby I Need Your Lovin' (Lamont Dozier / Brian Holland) - 4:29;
10. Itching In My Heart (Lamont Dozier / Brian Holland) - 1:56;
11. Stoned Love (Frank Wilson) - 3:40;
12. Grand River Crossings II (Geri Allen) - 0:52;
13. Inner City Blues (Marvin Gaye) - 4:26;
14. Save The Children (Marvin Gaye) - 7:15;
15. Nancy Joe (Gerald Wilson) - 3:39.
Mosaic Records: Making Jazz History
by Bob Kenselaar
No one is more astonished by the longevity of Mosaic Records than Michael Cuscuna, the veteran record producer and one-time disc jockey who founded the label together with Charlie Lourie, a former clarinetist who worked in both jazz and classical contexts before becoming an executive at CBS records, Blue Note, and elsewhere. Arguably the premier reissue ...
2013 Enjoy Jazz Festival
by John Kelman
Enjoy Jazz 2013 Heidelberg/Mannheim/Ludwigshafen, Germany November 6-14, 2013 It's always a treat to return to Heidelberg for Enjoy Jazz. As a very intended contrast to most jazz festivals, that compress a lot of music into a very short time, Enjoy Jazz's founding premise, when it was first conceived 15 years ago by ...
ACS: Geri Allen, Terri Lyne Carrington, Esperanza Spalding at Mesa Arts Center
by Patricia Myers
ACS: Geri Allen, Terri Lyne Carrington, Esperanza Spalding Mesa Arts Center Mesa, AZ October 22, 2013 The performance by ACS, the trio of pianist Geri Allen, drummer Terri Lyne Carrington and bassist Esperanza Spalding, was a bold collaboration that showcased each individual talent and their intense synergy. The ...
Oddarrang/Girls In Airports at Belfast Festival 2013
by Ian Patterson
Oddarrang/Girls In Airports Elmwood Hall Belfast Festival Belfast, N. Ireland October 23, 2013 Over the course of fifty one years the Belfast Festival has programmed an ocean of outstanding music, from the guitar-spangled blues of Jimi Hendrix and the epic ragas of sitarist Ravi Shankar to the classical artistry of ...
Geri Allen: Grand River Crossings
by AAJ Italy Staff
Dopo la ricca produzione artistica dei decenni ottanta/novanta e la pausa di riflessione di quello successivo, Geri Allen è tornata a occupare il centro della scena pianistica afroamericana con album magistrali come Flying Toward the Sound (Motéma, 2010), prestigiose collaborazioni (i due album insieme al Trio 3 di Oliver Lake, Reggie Workman e Andrew Cyrille per ...
Detroit Jazz Festival 2013
by Steve Bryant
Detroit Jazz FestivalDetroit, MIAugust 30-September 2, 2013You have read the news and heard the stories on radio and TV. Detroit is bankrupt and going into ruin. However, Gretchen Valade definitely doesn't appear to believe the hype, as she managed to fashion the Detroit Jazz Festival (DJF) into one of the largest, most star-studded ...
Mysterious Traveler
Featuring the music of Geri Allen
Duration: 7:36
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