Twylight
Twylight | ||||
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Studio album by Geri Allen | ||||
Released | October 1989 | |||
Recorded | 1989 | |||
Studio | Sound Ideas Studios, NYC | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 45:20 | |||
Label | Minor Music MM 1014 | |||
Producer | Geri Allen | |||
Geri Allen chronology | ||||
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Twylight is an album by pianist Geri Allen recorded in early 1989 and released on the German Minor Music label.[1]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "This is a stunningly beautiful recording, marking a distinct progression for Allen, and her complete awareness of the world at large. It might take several listenings to get used to, but the ultimate reward of this high artistic achievement is limitless."[2]
Pianist and composer Ethan Iverson wrote "the compositional integrity is striking," and commented: "Twylight has a concentrated offering of Allen's odd meter vamps that feel old and fresh at the same time. Over those vamps, Allen plays pretty chords, bluesy melodies, or jagged shapes. Everyone does this today, but at the time it was rousing call to arms."[3]
Track listing
All compositions by Geri Allen
- "When Kabuya Dances" – 8:42
- "Shadow Series" – 6:06
- "Skin" – 1:43
- "A Place of Power" – 4:10
- "Twylight" – 1:11
- "Stop the World" – 4:06
- "Wood" – 2:36
- "Little Wind" – 4:22
- "Dream Time" – 3:44
- "Blue" – 4:11
- "Black Pools" – 4:29
Personnel
- Geri Allen – piano, synthesizer
- Jaribu Shahid – bass (tracks 1–4, 6–9 & 11)
- Tani Tabbal – drums, djembe (tracks 1, 3, 6–9 & 11)
- Sadiq Bey – congas, percussion (tracks 1, 4, 7, 8 & 11)
- Eli Fountain – percussion (tracks 7, 8 & 11)
- Clarice Taylor Bell – vocals (tracks 2 & 11)
References
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- 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)
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