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This incendiary group gains standing ovations with their unique act that speaks the language of tap, drumming, and the street within the totally embracing context of Allen's deep in-the-pocket, groove-oriented jazz. Allen is one of the most respected pianists of her generation, with scans of over 36,000 units as a leader. * Geri Allen and her youthful group TIMELINE stand at the leading edge of a current, hip trend to include tap in jazz performances. Tap percussionist Maurice Chestnut, a protégé of tap icon Savion Glover, proves himself to be one of the most innovative practitioners of his discipline, and a musician of the highest order. * More than just a jazz band, this project galvanizes audiences and has a strong youth appeal, which has great potential to achieve widespread viral online and word-of-mouth marketing. * Allen remains a consistent presence on the international performance circuit, with new dates coming in regularly. She has conducted annual weeklong engagements at the prestigious Village Vanguard and Iridium clubs in NYC and has performed at countless major venues including Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center and The Black Congressional Caucus Gala. * This release is being cross-promoted with Geri Allen's March solo piano release, Flying Toward The Sound. The publicity campaign is featuring both releases simultaneously to emphasize the extraordinary virtuosity and diversity of Allen's career, which is making a quantum leap at this time. As these are her first releases in several years, and both are unique, major attention is expected in both jazz and African American lifestyle press.
"A truly gifted pianist should be a world unto his or her own while under the influence of composing magic. This Allen has accomplished with over twenty years of pure ivory joy." -- eJazzNews "Rare combination of dazzling compositional skill and melodically inventive technique." -- JazzTimes "Geri Allen, whether playing standards or her own jazz compositions, is one of the most adept, graceful jazz pianists playing in today's jazz scene." -- JazzReview "Superb songwriting ... musical elegance." -- All About Jazz
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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A fine jazz trio album -- as always delivered by Geri Allen. And while the addition of tap does at times provide an interesting element of percussion, it is frustrating that the visual element of the performance is missing, especially when the audience breaks into enthusiastic applause and sometimes you are left wondering "wha' happened?" This really should have been a concert DVD, and it's too bad if market considerations prevented it.
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Interesting mix with tap dance,
This review is from: Geri Allen and Timeline Live (Audio CD)
I've been a Geri Allen fan ever since Twylight came out about 20 years ago. Besides her own trio, I've seen her perform with Betty Carter, Ornette Coleman and Charles Lloyd..pretty heavy duty company. On her new cd, recorded live, Geri adds a tap dancer as additional ryhthm/percussion. It works pretty well, although it would be even better if the show was on a DVD as the visual aspect of tap dancing is a big part of enjoying that art.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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The joy of great music,
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Music is weird how it connects directly with your being, and how it lifts up lots of associative images and feelings and thoughts and history, personal history as well. I love the first encounter too and with this program by Ms Allen, the first associations for me were Mozart (for joy), Ellington (for Bojangles), Brubeck (for the excitement of a college audience - eg, his album Jazz Goes to College (Columbia) but any one of a number including Oberlin), the legacy of the music (Holiday - embraceable you, Parker - that broken solo on Loverman when he was recovering), and Cecil Taylor (in acknowledgement of the importance of the percussive power of the piano but also the great contribution that rhythm has made to the evolution of the greatest creative music on the planet - America's classical music of the 20th century and beyond. Yes, I'm gushing, but refute it if you will.)But now to business: a. this album is very well recorded by Paul Eachus and I have played it on a $100,000 high fidelity system. b. the program is well balanced sequentially as well as in choice of material between originals (4) and classics (5) and between the exploration of ballads and the exhilaration of faster works. c. the musicians shine with energy, skill, and artistry and a clear love of what they are doing. d. Maurice Chestnut contributes to the music in the way, eg Fred Astaire did with Oscar Peterson. e. It is one of Ms Allen's finest straight ahead jazz albums. f. Complement this by getting Flying Toward the Sound, an album of piano music, a suite, of some of the finest piano by a great pianist irrespective of genre.
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