Geri Allen & Timeline Live

Geri Allen & Timeline Live
Geri Allen & Timeline Live
Live album by Geri Allen & Timeline
Released	2010
Recorded	February 7 & 12, 2009
Venue	Reed College in Portland, Oregon and Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Oberlin, Ohio
Genre	Jazz
Label	Motéma MTM-42
Producer	Geri Allen & Ora Harris
Geri Allen chronology

Geri Allen & Timeline Live is a live album by pianist Geri Allen and her group Timeline recorded in 2009 and released on the Motéma label in 2013.^[1] Bassist Kenny Davis, drummer Kassa Overall and dancer Maurice Chestnut make up the group.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
The Guardian	^[2]

The Guardian review by John Fordham awarded the album 4 stars, stating, "This is the album for jazz fans to play at full volume to anybody who says the music can't be danced to any more".^[2] All About Jazz enthused, "Remember the time when jazz and dance were simpatico partners? Where swing and tap were intertwined with lively music and sweltering choreography in joints, halls, and clubs. Probably not, but pianist Geri Allen does, as she reflects on those past golden moments and dares to create new ones with Geri Allen & Timeline Live".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Geri Allen except where noted.

"Philly Joe' – 15:53
"Four by Five" (McCoy Tyner) – 4:47
"The Western Wall"/"Soul Eyes" (Geri Allen)/(Mal Waldron) – 7:12
"LWB's House" – 3:37
"Embraceable You"/"Lover Man" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)/(Jimmy Davis, James Sherman, Ram Ramirez) – 12:35
"Ah-Leu-Cha" (Charlie Parker) – 9:53
"In Appreciation" – 6:38

Personnel

Geri Allen – piano
Kenny Davis – bass
Kassa Overall – drums
Maurice Chestnut – tap percussion

References

^ Geri Allen catalog, accessed June 30, 2014
^ ^a ^b Fordham, J., The Guardian Review, June 17, 2011
^ Turner, M. F., All About Jazz Review, June 1, 2010

[1] Geri Allen catalog, accessed June 30, 2014

[Guardian-2] Fordham, J., The Guardian Review, June 17, 2011

[3] Turner, M. F., All About Jazz Review, June 1, 2010

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v t e Geri Allen
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.
Albums as leader 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)
With Oliver Lake	Expandable Language (1984) Otherside (1988) Talkin' Stick (1997) At This Time (2008)
With others	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)