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Geri Allen: Timeless Portraits and Dreams
Lontana dagli esordi sperimentali con il collettivo M-Base di Steve Coleman ma anche dal supertrio in bilico tra rigore e libertà con Charlie Haden e Paul Haden, Allen si immerge in una sorta di sobria classicità. Tra il Nino Rota di “La strada“ e il Gershwin di “Embraceable You“ non disdegnando la tradizione di “Oh Freedom“ e la rivendicazione di “I Have a Dream“ e “Lift Every Voice and Sing“, la pianista traccia un sentiero fatto di belle melodie, dolcezze timbriche, delicate tessiture armoniche, afflati spirituali e inni gospelizzanti.
Tranne che in “In Real Time“ e la parkeriana “Ah-Leu-Cha“ quando spinge sull’acceleratore della tastiera e Roney si dimostra il grande trombettista che è.
Per il resto, eleganza e raffinatezza per l’appunto, e... un pizzico di noia.
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Track Listing
Oh Freedom; Melchezedik; Portraits and Dreams; Well Done; La Strada; I Have a Dream; Nearly; In Real Time; Embraceable You; Ah-Leu-Cha; Just for a Thrill; Our Lady (for Billie Holiday); Timeless Portraits and Dreams; Portraits and Dreams (reprise)
Personnel
Geri Allen
pianoGeri Allen, piano; Ron Carter, bass; Jimmy Cobb, drums; Carmen Lundy, vocals; Wallace Roney, trumpet; George Shirley, vocals; Donald Walden, tenor saxophone; Atlanta Jazz Chorus, directed by Dwight Andrews.
Album information
Title: Timeless Portraits And Dreams | Year Released: 2006 | Record Label: Telarc Records
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