The only time pianist Geri Allen and guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel performed as a duo—at the Philharmonie de Paris, in September 2012—they began with a song Allen had suggested, “A Flower Is a Lovesome ...

We have lost a tremendous human being in the recent passing of Geri Allen on Tuesday. She was a genius pianist who leapt across chasms that divided musical genres. Details of all that are familiar and ...

At Philharmonie de Paris on September 5, 2012, pianist Geri Allen and guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel delivered the mesmerizing performance preserved on this album. Geri Allen is known for her innovative ...

The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), the state's anchor cultural institution, today announced that its seventh annual Geri Allen Jazz Camp will be completely virtual this summer. An ...

One of modern jazz's foremost pianists, Geri Allen exhibits a musical profundity that is coupled by lyricism and soul. Whether leading a trio of esteemed peers—Charlie Haden and Paul Motian—at that ...

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Geri Allen, a widely influential jazz pianist, composer and educator who defied classification while steadfastly affirming her roots in the hard-bop tradition of her native Detroit, died Tuesday in ...

Featuring pianist Geri Allen, bassist Buster Williams, and drummer Billy Hart reinterpreting 12 musing, semi-improvised pieces Mary Lou Williams introduced one at a time on her weekly radio program in ...

Playing on two facing Steinway Grand pianos, Kennedy Center favorite Geri Allen shares the stage with R&B hitmaker Patrice Rushen (“Forget Me Nots”), and they are joined by in-demand drummer Terri ...

Pianist and composer Geri Allen knew she wanted to be a jazz musician after spending most of her childhood listening to her father's jazz records. It worked out, and now she plays some of the best ...