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Geri Allen
Rayuwa
Cikakken suna Geri Antoinette Allen
Haihuwa Pontiac (en) Fassara, 12 ga Yuni, 1957
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) Fassara
Karatu
Makaranta Jami'ar Howard
University of Pittsburgh (mul) Fassara
Cass Technical High School (en) Fassara
Harsuna Turanci
Sana'a
Sana'a jazz pianist (en) Fassara, music educator (en) Fassara, university teacher (en) Fassara, mai tsara, mai rubuta kiɗa da recording artist (en) Fassara
Wurin aiki New York da Ann Arbor (mul) Fassara
Employers University of Pittsburgh (mul) Fassara
University of Michigan (en) Fassara
Kyaututtuka
Mamba Charles Lloyd Quartet (en) Fassara
The Mary Lou Williams Collective (en) Fassara
Triad (en) Fassara
The Detroit Experiment (mul) Fassara
Sunan mahaifi Geri Allen-Roney
Artistic movement jazz (en) Fassara
bebop (en) Fassara
Kayan kida piano (en) Fassara
Jadawalin Kiɗa Motéma Music (en) Fassara
IMDb nm0020547
geriallen.com
2009 Detroit Jazz Fest
Allen a bikin Detroit Jazz a shekarar 2009

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

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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]

Allen tare da Trio 3 a shekarar 2011

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

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Allen ya auri mai busa ƙaho Wallace Roney a shekarar 1995. Sun haifi 'ya mace da ɗa ɗaya; auren ya ƙare da saki. [4]

Allen ta mutu a ranar 27 ga Yuni, 2017, makonni biyu bayan cikarta shekaru 60, a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, bayan ta kamu da cutar kansa.

  • 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

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A matsayin shugaba/abokin tarayya

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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

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Babban tushe:  

Fim ɗin fim

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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 .

  • Jerin masu buga piano na jazz
  • Gwajin Detroit
  1. Cook, Richard (2005). Richard Cook's Jazz Encyclopedia. London: Penguin Books. p. 8. ISBN 0-141-00646-3.
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  5. Staudter, Thomas.
  6. Staudter, Thomas.
  7. "Benny Golson Award". Howard University Jazz Ensemble. Retrieved September 20, 2023.
  8. "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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  10. Staudter, Thomas.
  11. Staudter, Thomas.