| Home Grown | ||||
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| Released | 1985 | |||
| Recorded | January 1985 | |||
| Studio | Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, West Germany | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Minor Music MM 004 | |||
| Producer | Stephan Meyner | |||
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Home Grown is an album by pianist Geri Allen recorded in West Germany in early 1985 and released on the German Minor Music label. [1]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars calling it "A fine early set". [2]
A writer for Billboard stated: "Solo set for this adventurous pianist showcases her mercurial style as both composer and player, characterized by an interplay of staccato single note fragments and dense chordal work... For the adventurous." [3]
Vijay Iyer recalled playing the album for Jason Moran, who had never heard it before, in late 1999. According to Iyer, Moran was "floored," and immediately asked to borrow it. [4]
All compositions by Geri Allen except as indicated
Geri Antoinette Allen was an American jazz pianist, composer, and educator. In addition to her career as a performer and bandleader, Allen was also an associate professor of music at the University of Pittsburgh and the director of the university's Jazz Studies program.
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Trio 3 was a collaborative American jazz group whose members were saxophonist Oliver Lake, bassist Reggie Workman, and drummer Andrew Cyrille. The trio existed for roughly 35 years: the musicians first played together in the late 1980s, and the group disbanded in February 2022. During this time they recorded eleven albums, some of which featured guest pianists. The musicians described their sound as "futuristic music within the idiomatic continuum of jazz."