Geri Allen's Carnegie Hall Debut
Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall
7th Avenue between 57th & 56th Sts.
New York City
Wednesday - February 28, 2007
8:30 PM
Box Office: 212- 247-7800
http://www.carnegiehall.org
$44 - all seats
Featuring Geri Allen, Piano; Darryl Hall, Double Bass; Jimmy Cobb, Drums; with Maurice Chestnut, Tap Dancer
Geri Allen's Latest CD
Timeless Portraits and Dreams
“Timeless Portraits and Dreams" features:
Geri Allen, piano; Ron Carter, bass; Jimmy Cobb, drums
Wallace Roney, trumpet; Donald Walden, tenor saxophone
Carmen Lundy, vocalist, George Shirley, operatic tenor
Atlanta Jazz Chorus directed by Dwight Andrews
Howard Mandel On Geri Allen
Whether Geri Allen performs solo, in a classic trio setting, or in a larger group, her music is typically lush yet elusive, expansive and abstract, lyrical while imbued with tensile strength, sophisticated modernism, essences of gospel, swing, and the blues. As a composer and improviser, leader or collaborative accompanist, she draws from the virtues and beauties of the American jazz tradition and enriches it in return. But her music truly transcends category through its expressive immediacy, originality, nuance, and universality.
Since arriving in New York City in 1982, she has produced a treasury of performances and recordings, working with revered masters, uncompromising avant-gardists, and up-and-coming innovators while remaining distinctly herself. Her nimble fingers spinning harmonic and rhythmic complications from melodic basis create suspenseful listening. But she is also community-minded and family-grounded, making a sense of the connections and continuities linking generations significant to her style and substance.
Geri Allen portrayed Mary Lou Williams in Robert Altman's 1996 film Kansas City, embodying the soulful, pioneering woman whose contributions as a jazz player, writer, educator, and advocate were, as Duke Ellington said, “perpetually contemporary." Williams remains Allen's hero--she has become musical director of The Mary Lou Williams Collective, and has recorded Williams's ambitious Zodiac Suite--a tribute paid to one jazz giant from another. Geri Allen's position within the international jazz clan now equals Williams's; her ongoing energy and curiosity promise more great things to come.
Howard Mandel, contributor to DownBeat, National Public Radio, and many other outlets, is writing a book on Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, and Cecil Taylor.
Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall
7th Avenue between 57th & 56th Sts.
New York City
Wednesday - February 28, 2007
8:30 PM
Box Office: 212- 247-7800
http://www.carnegiehall.org
$44 - all seats
Featuring Geri Allen, Piano; Darryl Hall, Double Bass; Jimmy Cobb, Drums; with Maurice Chestnut, Tap Dancer
Geri Allen's Latest CD
Timeless Portraits and Dreams
“Timeless Portraits and Dreams" features:
Geri Allen, piano; Ron Carter, bass; Jimmy Cobb, drums
Wallace Roney, trumpet; Donald Walden, tenor saxophone
Carmen Lundy, vocalist, George Shirley, operatic tenor
Atlanta Jazz Chorus directed by Dwight Andrews
Howard Mandel On Geri Allen
Whether Geri Allen performs solo, in a classic trio setting, or in a larger group, her music is typically lush yet elusive, expansive and abstract, lyrical while imbued with tensile strength, sophisticated modernism, essences of gospel, swing, and the blues. As a composer and improviser, leader or collaborative accompanist, she draws from the virtues and beauties of the American jazz tradition and enriches it in return. But her music truly transcends category through its expressive immediacy, originality, nuance, and universality.
Since arriving in New York City in 1982, she has produced a treasury of performances and recordings, working with revered masters, uncompromising avant-gardists, and up-and-coming innovators while remaining distinctly herself. Her nimble fingers spinning harmonic and rhythmic complications from melodic basis create suspenseful listening. But she is also community-minded and family-grounded, making a sense of the connections and continuities linking generations significant to her style and substance.
Geri Allen portrayed Mary Lou Williams in Robert Altman's 1996 film Kansas City, embodying the soulful, pioneering woman whose contributions as a jazz player, writer, educator, and advocate were, as Duke Ellington said, “perpetually contemporary." Williams remains Allen's hero--she has become musical director of The Mary Lou Williams Collective, and has recorded Williams's ambitious Zodiac Suite--a tribute paid to one jazz giant from another. Geri Allen's position within the international jazz clan now equals Williams's; her ongoing energy and curiosity promise more great things to come.
Howard Mandel, contributor to DownBeat, National Public Radio, and many other outlets, is writing a book on Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, and Cecil Taylor.
For more information contact Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services.
