Eyes in the Back of Your Head

Eyes in the Back of Your Head
Studio album by Geri Allen
Released	August 12, 1997
Recorded	December 14–15, 1995 & March 1, 1996
Studio	Clinton Recording Studios, NYC
Genre	Jazz
Length	54:51
Label	Blue Note
Producer	Geri Allen, Herb Jordan & Teo Macero
Geri Allen chronology
Some Aspects of Water (1997) Eyes in the Back of Your Head (1997) The Gathering (1998)

Eyes in the Back of Your Head is an album by the pianist Geri Allen, recorded in late 1995 and early 1996 and released on the Blue Note label. ^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

AllMusic stated: "The music is mostly avant-garde, but purposeful and logical in its own fashion. Well worth several listens". ^[2] JazzTimes stated: "In conversation she's a thoroughly grounded woman, in music she brings that as well as a sense of storytelling and picture painting that never borders on the precious, and this recording is equal parts-pure Geri Allen, always rewarding". ^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Geri Allen except as indicated:

1. "Mother Wit" - 3:05
2. "New Eyes Opening" - 5:37
3. "Vertical Flowing" (Geri Allen, Ornette Coleman) - 5:27
4. "M.O.P.E." - 6:11
5. "FMFMF (For My Family, for My Friends)" - 5:34
6. "Dark Eyes" (Geri Allen, Wallace Roney) - 4:20
7. "Little Waltz" (Ron Carter) - 6:11
8. "In the Back of Your Head" (Allen, Roney) - 5:52
9. "Windows to the Soul" - 5:11
10. "The Eyes Have It" (Allen, Ornette Coleman) - 7:23

Personnel

• Geri Allen - piano, synthesizer
• Wallace Roney - trumpet (tracks 4, 6, 8 & 9)
• Ornette Coleman - alto saxophone (tracks 3 & 10)
• Cyro Baptista - percussion (tracks 1, 4 & 6)

References

1. Geri Allen catalog, accessed July 1, 2014
2. Yanow, S., AllMusic Review accessed July 1, 2014
3. Jenkins, W., JazzTimes Review, October 1997