Geri Allen – 12/06/57 - 26/06/2017 |
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Posted: 28 Jun 2017 at 1:47pm |
I can remember when she was relatively new, this is somewhat shocking, I guess I didn't know she had cancer.
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The news that Born in Pontiac, Michigan, Allen was thoroughly immersed in Detroit's bebop and soul traditions, and one of her first significant gigs as a sidewoman was with Motown legends Mary Wilson and the Supremes. But it soon became clear that Allen was intent on engaging with the entire spectrum of black music, in both art and pop incarnations, and that led her to reflect the influence of Cecil Taylor and Bud Powell as well as Stevie Wonder and Ornette Coleman in her own work. After graduating from Howard University and the University of Pittsburgh Allen settled in New York in the early 1980s, working with avant-garde legends Allen became part of two landmark collectives, the Allen married trumpeter – Kevin Le Gendre from http://www.jazzwisemagazine.com |
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