Open on All Sides in the Middle
1987 studio album by Geri Allen
Open on All Sides in the Middle | ||||
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Studio album by Geri Allen | ||||
Released | December 1987 | |||
Recorded | December 1986 | |||
Studio | Sound Suite Recording Studio, Detroit | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 43:47 | |||
Label | Minor Music MM 1013 | |||
Producer | Geri Allen | |||
Geri Allen chronology | ||||
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Open on All Sides in the Middle is an album by pianist Geri Allen recorded in late 1986 and released on the German Minor Music label.[1]
Reception
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Allmusic reviewer Scott Yanow stated: "the material is comparatively lightweight for a Geri Allen recording, often only bordering on jazz".[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz described the album as an attempt to create "some new kind of song-based jazz", but labelled it "dire".[3]
Track listing
All compositions by Geri Allen
- "Open on All Sides / The Glide Was in the Ride..." - 6:45
- "Forbidden Place" - 4:24
- "The Dancer" - 2:33
- "In the Middle" - 4:01
- "Ray" - 4:17
- "I Sang a Bright Green Tear for All of Us This Year..." - 12:46
- "Drummer's Song" - 2:24
- "In the Morning" - 5:03
- "The Dancer Part 2" 1:34
Personnel
- Geri Allen - piano, keyboards, backing vocals
- Rayse Biggs - trumpet, flugelhorn
- Robin Eubanks - trombone
- David McMurray - soprano saxophone, flute
- Steve Coleman - alto saxophone
- Jaribu Shahid - bass
- Tani Tabbal - drums
- Shahida Nurullah - lead vocals
- Marcus Belgrave - flugelhorn (track 8)
- Mino Cinelu - cymbals, bells, congas, timbales, electronic drums, udu
- Lloyd Storey - tap dance
References
- ^ Geri Allen catalog, accessed June 30, 2014
- ^ a b Yanow, S., Allmusic Review, accessed July 3, 2014.
- ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.
or co-leader
- The Printmakers (1984)
- Home Grown (1985)
- Open on All Sides in the Middle (1986)
- In the Year of the Dragon (1989)
- Segments (1989)
- Twylight (1989)
- Live at the Village Vanguard (1990)
- The Nurturer (1990)
- Maroons (1992)
- Twenty One (1994)
- Eyes in the Back of Your Head (1995–96)
- Some Aspects of Water (1996)
- The Gathering (1998)
- The Life of a Song (2004)
- Timeless Portraits and Dreams (2006)
- Flying Toward the Sound (2008)
- Geri Allen & Timeline Live (2009)
- A Child Is Born (2011)
- Grand River Crossings (2012)
- A Lovesome Thing (2012)
- Expandable Language (1984)
- Otherside (1988)
- Talkin' Stick (1997)
- At This Time (2008)
- Movies (Franco Ambrosetti, 1986)
- Movies Too (Franco Ambrosetti, 1988)
- The Collective (Cecil Brooks III, 1989)
- Duet in Detroit (Roy Brooks, 1989)
- Droppin' Things (Betty Carter, 1990)
- Feed the Fire (Betty Carter, 1993)
- Sound Museum: Hidden Man (Ornette Coleman, 1996)
- Sound Museum: Three Women (Ornette Coleman, 1996)
- Motherland Pulse (Steve Coleman, 1985)
- Flute Talk (Buddy Collette, 1988)
- Etudes (Charlie Haden, 1987)
- The Montreal Tapes: with Geri Allen and Paul Motian (Charlie Haden, 1989)
- The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra (Charlie Haden, 1989)
- Reflections in Change (Craig Handy, 1999)
- Lift Every Voice (Charles Lloyd, 2002)
- Jumping the Creek (Charles Lloyd, 2004)
- Decision in Paradise (Frank Lowe, 1984)
- Monk in Motian (Paul Motian, 1988)
- Mindgames (Greg Osby, 1988)
- Living on the Edge (Dewey Redman, 1989)
- Crunchin' (Wallace Roney, 1993)
- Munchin' (Wallace Roney, 1993)
- Bemsha Swing (Woody Shaw, 1986)
- By Any Means Necessary (Gary Thomas, 1989)