Jazz for aficionados

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I posted this for those who are unfamiliar with "Geri Allen"; namely me and a few others.

Born June 12, 1957
Pontiac, Michigan, U.S.
Origin Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Died June 27, 2017 (aged 60)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Genres Jazz, post-bop, blues music, funk, gospel
Occupation(s) Musician
Professor
Record producer
Instruments Piano
Years active 1982–2017
Labels Motema Music
Polygram
Storyville
Blue Note
Telarc
Associated acts Timeline
Website www.GeriAllen.com

Geri Allen with Trio 3.
Geri Allen (June 12, 1957 – June 27, 2017) was an American composer, educator, and jazz pianist, raised in Detroit, Michigan, and educated in the Detroit Public Schools.[1]

Allen worked with many jazz musicians, including Ornette Coleman, Ron Carter, Tony Williams, Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette, and Charles Lloyd. She cited her primary influences to be her parents, Mount Vernell Allen Jr, and Barbara Jean Allen, and her primary musical influences to be mentors Marcus Belgrave, Donald Walden, and Betty Carter, as well as pianists Herbie Hancock, Mary Lou Williams, Hank Jones, Alice Coltrane, Cecil Taylor, Thelonious Monk, McCoy Tyner, Bud Powell, and mentor Dr. Billy Taylor.

Allen was an Associate Professor of Music and the Director of the Jazz Studies Program at the University of Pittsburgh.



Geri Allen was one hell of a musician, and I will become familiar with her works.


Well aficionados, I've given you a lot of information on Geri Allen, and those who are enticed to get more familiar with her works, can go to work.


Enjoy the music.

There are an infinite amount of factors that determine the music we like, most of which we have no control over; go with the flow and don't fight the feeling.

"factors that determine the music we like"  Absolutely o.

My dad played in a dance band in the '30s and retained a love for music of that era, mainly Louis Armstrong.  He had lots of records so I heard that growing up in the late '40s and '50s (yes, I'm pretty old).

I didn't care for any of it at the time, my interest in music really began with rock and roll in the mid-'50s.  That expanded to include first folk music (at least the Kingston Trio type if not hard-core) and by a senior in HS contemporary jazz.  It was not until a couple of decades later that I truly appreciated Satch and Jack Teagarden (now my favorites from my dad's era).

Today my primary interest in jazz is for artists/recordings from the mid-50s to the mid-70s.  I can appreciate both earlier and more recent artists, but my real love remains for those I heard as my musical tastes developed.

Pryso, in general, our tastes are about the same; I spent my summers with a cousin in Chicago in the mid 50's to 60, who was a jazz fanatic, and that's where I developed my fundamental taste for jazz.

Why don't you post some of your fathers music, or the music he liked; I know I would like to hear it.


Enjoy the music.

Guys, so many great links.

Heres a pretty cool cat

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