Twenty One | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | November 1994 | |||
Recorded | March 23–24, 1994 | |||
Studio | Manhattan Center Studios, NYC | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 54:18 | |||
Label | Blue Note CDP 8 30028 | |||
Producer | Herb Jordan & Teo Macero | |||
Geri Allen chronology | ||||
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Twenty One is an album by pianist Geri Allen with bassist Ron Carter and drummer Tony Williams recorded in 1994 and released on the Blue Note label. [1] The title of the album refers to the commitment Allen made at age 21 to continue and extend the tradition of the jazz masters. [2]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
AllMusic awarded the album 3½ stars, stating, " Allen's style is fairly original, with hints of Herbie Nichols, and her chancetaking but logical solos are generally quite stimulating". [3]
Writer Gary Giddins called the album "a display of strength" and "a mature work by a performer... who was repositioning herself as a jazz centrist." [4] He commented: "This is a trio fearsomely alive... The triumph of Twenty One is in the certainty with which Allen's individuality asserts itself in a setting that might have neutralized her." [5]
All compositions by Geri Allen except as indicated
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