9 thoughts on “ Melchezedik - Geri Allen - Timeless Portraits And Dreams (CD, Album) ”

1. ** also released on Minor Music (G) CD MM Geri Allen - Home Grown (Minor Music (G) ). Geri Allen, piano. Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, West Germany, January,

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2. () --Melchezedik / Antoine Rohey () --Portraits and dreams / Geri Allen () --Well done / Kenny Lattimore, Pat McClain () --La Strada / Nino Rota () --I have a dream / Mary Lou Williams () --Nearly / Ron Carter () --In real time / Geri Allen, Wallace Rohey () --Embraceable you / George Gershwin () --Ah-Leu-Cha.

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3. On Timeless Portraits and Dreams, Allen delivers nearly an hour's worth of musical elegance. The stage is set on the opening tracks, "Oh Freedom and "Melchezedik, two originals that feature Allen on solo piano and then joined by her rhythm section of bassist Ron Carter and drummer Jimmy Cobb. On the latter piece, Carter stretches out.

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4. Timeless Portraits and Dreams, but most im-portant, of Geri’s own sense of the histo-ry of black music and especially the his-tory of jazz, which also moves regionally and internationally yet holds fast to a par - ticular “belonging.” I think of this album as a guide through Geri’s own understanding and concep-.

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5. On Timeless Portraits and Dreams Allen widens her scope, as she is wont to do, to bridge jazz, spirituals, and classical music. She performs lyrical solo pieces and jazz classics, demonstrates the art of the trio with Miles Davis alumni Ron Carter and Jimmy Cobb, backs the exceptional jazz singer Carmen Lundy with a vocal chorus, and features classical tenor George Shirley with the chorus on "I Have a Dream /5(8).

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7. Aug 22,  · portrait and dreams is a new format for her, one that works extremely well, a muted jazz vocal chorus on some numbers, interesting piano solo work and interpretations, particularly nino rota's la strada, also crisp playing by wallace roney on trumpet and donald walden on tenor sax. geri allen's piano is also a fine match for carmen lundy's voice/5(8).

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8. Geri Allen CD discography She teamed up with an all-star rhythm section Jimmy Cobb and Ron Carter. Artist's second Telarc release is a dedication to those who have fought for civil rights. Timeless Portraits and Dreams also features a bonus disc containing Lift Every Voice and Sing, featuring George Shirley, the first African-American tenor to sing leading roles with the .

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9. portrait and dreams is a new format for her, one that works extremely well, a muted jazz vocal chorus on some numbers, interesting piano solo work and interpretations, particularly nino rota's la strada, also crisp playing by wallace roney on trumpet and donald walden on tenor sax. geri allen's piano is also a fine match for carmen lundy's voice/5(8).

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