Geri Allen
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| Rayuwa | |
| Cikakken suna | Geri Antoinette Allen |
| Haihuwa |
Pontiac (en) |
| ƙasa | Tarayyar Amurka |
| Harshen uwa | Turanci |
| Mutuwa | Philadelphia, 27 ga Yuni, 2017 |
| Yanayin mutuwa | Sababi na ainihi (sankara) |
| Ƴan uwa | |
| Abokiyar zama |
Wallace Roney (mul) |
| Karatu | |
| Makaranta |
Jami'ar Howard University of Pittsburgh (mul) Cass Technical High School (en) |
| Harsuna | Turanci |
| Sana'a | |
| Sana'a |
jazz pianist (en) |
| Wurin aiki |
New York da Ann Arbor (mul) |
| Employers |
University of Pittsburgh (mul) University of Michigan (en) |
| Kyaututtuka | |
| Mamba |
Charles Lloyd Quartet (en) The Mary Lou Williams Collective (en) Triad (en) The Detroit Experiment (mul) |
| Sunan mahaifi | Geri Allen-Roney |
| Artistic movement |
jazz (en) bebop (en) |
| Kayan kida |
piano (en) |
| Jadawalin Kiɗa |
Motéma Music (en) |
| IMDb | nm0020547 |
| geriallen.com | |

Geri Antoinette Allen (12 ga Yuni, 1957 - 27 ga Yuni, 2017) ƙwararriyar mai buga piano ta jazz ce ta Amurka, mawaƙiya, kuma mai koyarwa. Ta koyar a Jami'ar Michigan da Jami'ar Pittsburgh .[1]
Rayuwar farko da ilimi
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]An haifi Allen a Pontiac, Michigan, a ranar 12 ga Yuni, 1957, kuma ta girma a Detroit. "Mahaifinta, Mount Allen Jr, shugaban makaranta ne, mahaifiyarta, Barbara, shugabar gwamnati ce a fannin tsaro." Allen ta yi karatu a Makarantun Gwamnati na Detroit . Ta fara buga piano tana da shekaru bakwai, kuma ta yanke shawarar zama mai buga piano na jazz a farkon shekarunta. [2]
Allen ta kammala karatunta a shirin karatun jazz na Jami'ar Howard a shekarar 1979. Daga nan ta ci gaba da karatunta: tare da mai buga piano Kenny Barron a New York; kuma a Jami'ar Pittsburgh, inda ta kammala digiri na biyu a fannin ilimin kiɗan ethnomusicology a shekarar 1982. [3] Bayan haka, ta koma New York. [2]
Sana'a
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]
Allen ta shiga cikin ƙungiyar M-Base a New York. [1] Ta fara yin rikodin a matsayin jagora a shekarar 1984, wanda ya haifar da The Printmakers . [2] Wannan kundin waƙoƙi uku, tare da ɗan wasan bass Anthony Cox da ɗan wasan ganga Andrew Cyrille, shi ma ya ƙunshi wasu waƙoƙin Allen. [2] An ba Allen kyautar Jazzpar a shekarar 1996. [1] A wannan shekarar, ta yi rikodin waƙoƙi biyu tare da Ornette Coleman : Sound Museum: Hidden Man da Sound Museum: Three Women .
A shekara ta 2006, Allen ta rubuta "For the Healing of the Nations", wani shiri da aka rubuta don girmama wadanda abin ya shafa da kuma wadanda suka tsira daga hare-haren Satumba 11. An ba ta lambar yabo ta Guggenheim Fellowship a shekara ta 2008. [2] Allen ta daɗe tana zama a Montclair, New Jersey . [ Tsawon shekaru 10 tana koyar da darussan jazz da na fasaha a Jami'ar Michigan, kuma ta zama darakta a shirin nazarin jazz a Jami'ar Pittsburgh a shekara ta 2013.
Rayuwa ta sirri
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Allen ya auri mai busa ƙaho Wallace Roney a shekarar 1995. Sun haifi 'ya mace da ɗa ɗaya; auren ya ƙare da saki. [4]
Mutuwa
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Allen ta mutu a ranar 27 ga Yuni, 2017, makonni biyu bayan cikarta shekaru 60, a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, bayan ta kamu da cutar kansa.
Accolades
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]- Digirin girmamawa na Digiri na Kiɗa daga Berklee, 2014 [5]
- Guggenheim Fellowship, 2008 [6]
- Kyautar Waƙoƙin Gargajiya na Afirka ta Amirka daga Kwalejin Spelman, 2007
- Kyautar Jagorar Jazz ta Benny Golson, 2005 [7]
- Kyautar Tsoffin Dalibai Mai Kyau daga Howard, 1996 [8]
- Kyautar Jazzpar ta Danish (mace ta farko da ta karɓi kyautar), 1996 [9]
- Kyautar Lady of Soul ' Soul Train (wanda aka fara karɓa) don kundin jazz na shekara na Twenty-One, 1995 [9]
Kundin Waƙoƙi
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]A matsayin shugaba/abokin tarayya
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]| Recording date | Title | Label | Year released | Personnel/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984-02 | The Printmakers | Minor Music | 1985 | Trio, with Anthony Cox (bass), Andrew Cyrille (drums, percussion) |
| 1985-01 | Home Grown | Minor Music | 1985 | Solo piano |
| 1986-12 | Open on All Sides in the Middle | Minor Music | 1987 | With Rayse Biggs (trumpet, flugelhorn), Robin Eubanks (trombone), David McMurray (soprano sax, flute), Steve Coleman (alto sax), Jaribu Shahid (bass), Tani Tabbal (drums), Shahita Nurallah (vocals); plus guests Mino Cinelu (drums, percussion), Lloyd Storey (tap dance), Marcus Belgrave (flugelhorn) |
| 1989 | Twylight | Minor Music | 1989 | Trio, with Jaribu Shahid (bass), Tani Tabbal (drums), plus Sadiq Bey (congas, percussion), Eli Fountain (percussion) as guests, and Clarice Taylor Bell (vocals) on one track |
| 1989-03 | In the Year of the Dragon | JMT | 1989 | Trio, with Charlie Haden (bass), Paul Motian (drums); one track quartet, with Juan Lazaro Mendolas (flute) added |
| 1989-04 | Segments | DIW | 1989 | Trio, with Charlie Haden (bass), Paul Motian (drums) |
| 1990-01 | The Nurturer | Blue Note | 1991 | Sextet, with Marcus Belgrave (trumpet, flugelhorn), Kenny Garrett (alto sax), Robert Hurst (bass), Jeff "Tain" Watts (drums), Eli Fountain (percussion) |
| 1990-12 | Live at the Village Vanguard | DIW | 1991 | Trio, with Charlie Haden (bass), Paul Motian (drums); in concert |
| 1990-12 | Live at the Village Vanguard: Unissued Tracks[10] | Somethin' Cool | 2022 | Trio, with Charlie Haden (bass), Paul Motian (drums); in concert. Posthumous release. |
| 1992-02 | Maroons | Blue Note | 1992 | With Marcus Belgrave and Wallace Roney (trumpet), Anthony Cox and Dwayne Dolphin (bass), Pheeroan akLaff and Tani Tabbal (drums) in various combinations |
| 1994-03 | Twenty One | Blue Note | 1994 | Trio, with Ron Carter (bass), Tony Williams (drums) |
| 1995-12, 1996-03 |
Eyes in the Back of Your Head | Blue Note | 1997 | Some tracks solo piano/synthesizer; some duos with Ornette Coleman (alto sax), Wallace Roney (trumpet) and Cyro Baptista (percussion); some trio tracks, with Roney (trumpet) and Baptista (percussion) |
| 1996-03 | Some Aspects of Water | Storyville | 1997 | With Henrik Bolberg Pedersen (trumpet, flugelhorn), Johnny Coles (flugelhorn), Kjeld Ipsen (trombone), Axel Windfeld (tuba), Michael Hove (alto sax, flute, clarinet), Uffe Markussen (tenor sax, soprano sax, bass clarinet), Palle Danielsson (bass), Lenny White (drums) |
| 1998-02 | The Gathering | Verve | 1998 | With Wallace Roney (trumpet, flugelhorn), Robin Eubanks (trombone), Dwight Andrews (piccolo, alto flute, bass flute, bass clarinet), Vernon Reid (guitar), Ralphe Armstrong (7-stringbass), Buster Williams (bass), Lenny White (drums), Mino Cinelu (percussion) in various combinations |
| 2004-01 | The Life of a Song | Telarc | 2004 | Trio, with Dave Holland (bass), Jack DeJohnette (drums); one track sextet, with Marcus Belgrave (flugelhorn), Dwight Andrews (sax), Clifton Anderson (trombone) added |
| 2006-03 | Timeless Portraits and Dreams | Telarc | 2006 | Trio, with Ron Carter (bass), Jimmy Cobb (drums); some tracks solo piano; some tracks with Wallace Roney (trumpet), Donald Walden (tenor sax), Carmen Lundy, George Shirley and The Atlanta Jazz Chorus (vocals) added in various combinations |
| 2008-12 | Flying Toward the Sound | Motéma | 2010 | Solo piano |
| 2009-02 | Geri Allen & Timeline Live | Motéma | 2010 | Quartet, with Kenny Davis (bass), Kassa Overall (drums), Maurice Chestnut (tap dance) |
| 2011-01, 2011-04 |
A Child Is Born | Motéma | 2011 | Solo keyboards; some tracks with Carolyn Brewer, Connaitre Miller, Barbara Roney and Farah Jasmine Griffin (vocals) added in various combinations |
| 2012-08 | Grand River Crossings | Motéma | 2013 | Solo piano; some tracks duo, with Marcus Belgrave (trumpet); one track duo with David McMurray (alto sax) |
| 2012-09 | A Lovesome Thing | Motéma · Heartcore | 2023 | Duo, with Kurt Rosenwinkel (guitar). Posthumous release.[11] |
| 2015-06 | Perfection | Motéma | 2016 | Trio, with David Murray (tenor sax, bass clarinet), Terri Lyne Carrington (drums); one track sextet, with Wallace Roney (trumpet), Craig Harris (trombone), Charnett Moffett (bass) added |
A matsayin abokin tarayya
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Babban tushe:
Fim ɗin fim
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Geri Allen ta fito a matsayin mai buga piano na jazz Mary Lou Williams kuma ta yi wasa tare da ƙungiyar jazz a cikin fim ɗin Robert Altman Kansas City .
Duba kuma
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]- Jerin masu buga piano na jazz
- Gwajin Detroit
Manazarta
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]- ↑ Cook, Richard (2005). Richard Cook's Jazz Encyclopedia. London: Penguin Books. p. 8. ISBN 0-141-00646-3.
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- ↑ "Benny Golson Award". Howard University Jazz Ensemble. Retrieved September 20, 2023.
- ↑ "Howard University Alumni Outcomes Assessment Project: Perspectives Along the Path to Truth and Service" (PDF). Howard University. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
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