Geri Allen

Take Five includes vital new music by Cyrille/Parker/Rava, John Hébert, Pete Malinverni and Youn Sun Nah — and an archival gem from Geri Allen, Charlie Haden and Paul Motian.

“The best thing you can do,” Abbey Lincoln once said, “is to be a woman and stand before the world and speak your heart.”March is Women’s History Month,…

Pianist Geri Allen, born on this day in 1957, was the common bond for countless musicians.Among them are Vijay Iyer, a sworn disciple, and Kassa Overall,…

Jazz Middelheim is probably the oldest jazz event in Belgium, originally founded in 1969. It can also make a claim as one of the most adventurous with its…

Before she honored the life and music of her “friend and sister” Geri Allen with a Winter Jazzfest concert at the New School, drummer Terri Lyne…

What defined the conversation around jazz this year? There’s no simple answer to that question, but trying is always a worthwhile struggle — especially in…

Every year around this time, the jazz community takes the measure of its highlights and bright moments — along with a tally of its losses. And while it's…

Take Five presents a roundup of five new holiday tunes, with a throwback bonus.Wynton Marsalis and Friends, Featuring Oni Marsalis, “Jingle Bells”There’s…

It's always exciting when a new composition is unearthed from a behemoth in American art. In this case, it's a composition by Ornette Coleman, the…

The great pianist, composer and educator Geri Allen passed away yesterday from cancer. In 2010, Allen sat down at our Steinway B for an intimate solo…