voices I miss
Geri Allen (1957-2017, piano), Charlie Haden (1937-2014, bass), Paul Motian (1931-2011, drums), “Lonely Woman” (Ornette Coleman), 1988
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lagniappe
reading table
passing through one day—
they let me listen
to their phonograph—Taneda Santoka (1882-1940), translated from the Japanese by Burton Watson
voices I miss
Geri Allen (1957-2017, piano) & Timeline (Kenny Davis, bass; Kassa Overall, drums; Maurice Chestnut, tap percussion), live, South Korea, 2011
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
voices I miss
Betty Carter (vocals, 1929-1998) with Geri Allen (piano, 1957-2017), Dave Holland (bass, 1946-), Jack DeJohnette (drums, 1942-), live, Germany (Hamburg), 1993
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
passings
Geri Allen, pianist, June 12, 1957-June 27, 2017
With Kenny Davis (bass), Kassa Overall (drums), Maurice Chestnut (tap dance), live, South Korea, 2011
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With Charlie Haden (1937-2014, bass), Paul Motian (1931-2011, drums), “Lonely Woman” (O. Coleman), 1988
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Paul Motian (drums, 1931-2011), Charlie Haden (bass, 1937-2014), Geri Allen (piano, 1957-), “Lonely Woman” (O. Coleman), 1988
If I could dance like this, I’d never sit down.
Geri Allen Quartet (GA, piano; Kenny Davis, bass; Kassa Overall, drums; Maurice Chestnut, tap percussionist), “Philly Joe,” live, Detroit, 2009
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What a joy it is to hear an improvising musician whose mind moves as fast as her fingers.
Geri Allen, live, Atlanta, 2009
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lagniappe
art beat
In 1932 I saw a photograph by Martin Munkacsi of three black children running into the sea, and I must say that it is that very photograph which was for me the spark that set fire to the fireworks . . . and made me suddenly realize that photography could reach eternity through the moment. It is only that one photograph which influenced me. There is in that image such intensity, spontaneity, such a joy of life, such a prodigy, that I am still dazzled by it even today.
—Henri Cartier-Bresson (the Cartier-Bresson exhibit continues at the Art Institute of Chicago through 10/3/10)
Martin Munkacsi, Three Boys at Lake Tanganyika, c. 1930
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radio: space is the place
Tonight, from 6-9 p.m. (EST), WKCR-FM (broadcasting from Columbia University) will be featuring recordings of live performances by Sun Ra & His Solar Arkestra at Soundscape, a New York loft space (West 52nd St. and 10th Ave.) that presented live music from 1979 to 1983.
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