1985 studio album by Geri Allen
Home Grown Released 1985 Recorded January 1985 Studio Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, West Germany Genre Jazz Label Minor Music MM 004 Producer Stephan Meyner
Home Grown Geri Allen recorded in West Germany in early 1985 and released on the German Minor Music label.[ 1]
Reception
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [ 2]
AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars calling it "A fine early set".[ 2]
A writer for Billboard stated: "Solo set for this adventurous pianist showcases her mercurial style as both composer and player, characterized by an interplay of staccato single note fragments and dense chordal work... For the adventurous."[ 3]
Vijay Iyer recalled playing the album for Jason Moran , who had never heard it before, in late 1999. According to Iyer, Moran was "floored," and immediately asked to borrow it.[ 4]
Track listing
All compositions by Geri Allen except as indicated
"Mama's Babies" - 5:31
"Bemsha Swing " (Denzil Best , Thelonious Monk ) - 2:50
"No More Mr. Nice Guy" - 8:31
"First Black Man ... M.O.P.E." - 3:59
"'Round Midnight " (Monk) - 6:09
"Blue" - 3:17
"Alone Together" - 7:34
"Home Grown" - 5:23
Personnel
References
^ Geri Allen catalog , accessed July 3, 2014^ a b Yanow, S., Allmusic Review accessed July 3, 2014
^ "Reviews". Billboard . December 28, 1985. p. 80. ^ Beuttler, Bill (2019). Make It New: Reshaping Jazz in the 21st Century . Lever Press. p. 60.
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.
Albums as leader With Oliver Lake With others
Movies Franco Ambrosetti , 1986)Movies Too The Collective Cecil Brooks III , 1989)Duet in Detroit Roy Brooks , 1989)Droppin' Things Betty Carter , 1990)Feed the Fire Sound Museum: Hidden Man Ornette Coleman , 1996)Sound Museum: Three Women Motherland Pulse Steve Coleman , 1985)Flute Talk Buddy Collette , 1988)Etudes Charlie Haden , 1987)The Montreal Tapes: with Geri Allen and Paul Motian The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra Reflections in Change Craig Handy , 1999)Lift Every Voice Charles Lloyd , 2002)Jumping the Creek Decision in Paradise Monk in Motian Paul Motian , 1988)Mindgames Greg Osby , 1988)Living on the Edge Dewey Redman , 1989)Crunchin' Wallace Roney , 1993)Munchin' Bemsha Swing Woody Shaw , 1986)By Any Means Necessary Gary Thomas , 1989)
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