{"id":35561,"date":"2014-04-29T01:00:23","date_gmt":"2014-04-29T01:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/?p=35561"},"modified":"2026-03-24T18:26:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T18:26:50","slug":"geri-allen-keith-jarrett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/?p=35561","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Ebony &#038; Ivory&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PSvnIwg0lEA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-11701\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/piano.jpg\" alt=\"piano\" width=\"117\" height=\"105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/piano.jpg 406w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/piano-300x268.jpg 300w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/piano-150x134.jpg 150w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/piano-400x358.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 117px) 100vw, 117px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u00a4 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/geri-allen-mn0000655516\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Geri Allen<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(1957-2017)\u00a0was the quintessence of a present-day mainstream jazz pianist. Well-versed in a variety of modern jazz styles from bop to free,\u00a0Allen\u00a0steers a middle course in her own music, speaking in a cultivated and moderately distinctive voice, respectful of, but not overly impressed with, the doctrine of conservatism that often rules the mainstream scene.<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2663 \u2192\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/dlmediamusic.com\/2013\/07\/award-winning-pianist-geri-allen-explores-the-great-american-songbook-of-her-hometown-with-grand-river-crossings-motown-motor-city-inspirations-available-september-10-on-motema-music\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Geri Allen<\/a> Trio \u00a0\u2193 \u00a0&#8216;Spider&#8217;<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l-FXfqg0Ml4\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2207 \u00a0\u00a0 Dark Prince \u00a0 \u2193<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/42X2rb60_Mk\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2207 \u00a0 Geri Allen \u00a0+ \u00a0Ron Carter \u00a0+ Lenny White \u00a0 \u21d3 \u00a0 [1995]<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CRo8u37L7ZQ\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h5><strong>\u00a4\u00a0 Marc Copland<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Born 27 May 1948, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, Copland was a part of the vibrant music scene in Philadelphia as a saxophonist before going to New York where he met John Abercrombie and also played with Chico Hamilton, and others. He experimented with the electric alto but gradually became dissatisfied with the direction his music was taking and, leaving New York, quit playing the sax in order to study piano. He was gone for almost a decade but upon his return to the jazz world in the mid-80s his piano playing was a revelation, his own vividly original style firmly in place.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2207\u00a0 Live with <strong>Dave Liebman<\/strong>\u00a0 \u21d3<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LU2xqF2GMD4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UZ0yz2-oFWM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/h6>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u00a4 \u00a0Keith Jarrett<\/span><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Though capable of playing in a wide variety of styles,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/jarrett-mn0000066570\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jarrett<\/a>\u00a0is deeply grounded in the jazz tradition. He has recorded nearly 80 albums as a leader in jazz and classical music. And he has won the\u00a0<em>Down Beat<\/em>\u00a0Critics Poll as a pianist numerous times, including consecutively between 2001 and 2008.<\/p>\n<h6 id=\"watch-headline-title\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2022\u2192<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ENrRAIzlL1A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0&#8216;I Fall In Love Too Easily&#8217;<\/a>\u00a0\u21d0<\/h6>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">\u2663\u00a0 Brad Mehldau Trio<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mehldau\u2019s musical personality forms a dichotomy. He is first and foremost an improviser, and greatly cherishes the surprise and wonder that can occur from a spontaneous musical idea that is expressed directly, in real time. But he also has a deep fascination for the formal architecture of music, and it informs everything he plays. In his most inspired playing, the actual structure of his musical thought serves as an expressive device. As he plays, he listens to how ideas unwind, and the order in which they reveal themselves. Each tune has a strongly felt narrative arch, whether it expresses itself in a beginning, an end, or something left intentionally open-ended. The two sides of Mehldau\u2019s personality\u2014the improviser and the formalist\u2014play off each other, and the effect is often something like controlled chaos. \u00a0 [<a href=\"http:\/\/nextbop.com\/bradmehldau\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/nextbop.com\/bradmehldau<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>&#8216;Time Has Told Me&#8217;\u00a0\u2193<\/strong>\u00a0[N. Drake]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w74a2DbzzC8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>\u21d2 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ICOdB2d6J_M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00b7 \u00b7 \u00b7 &#8216;<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ICOdB2d6J_M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Knives Out&#8217; \u00a0<\/a><strong>\u00a0 [2006]\u00a0\u00a0\u21d0<\/strong><\/h6>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a4 \u00a0Tommy Flanagan \u00a0[1930-2001]<\/h4>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2666 \u00a0&#8216;Raincheck&#8217; \u00a0\u2193 \u00a0[1991]<\/h6>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F2MLurkhiDw\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>\u2022\u2192<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=54hcmMBuhY0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;Glad to be unhappy&#8217;<\/a>\u21d0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h6 id=\"watch-headline-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2666 \u00a0&#8216;Minor Mishap&#8217;\u00a0\u2193<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Zc4uGo2jF2Y\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a4 \u00a0Bill Evans \u00a0[1929-1980]<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2217\u2192 \u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LvGKAVTkr38\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Who Can I Turn To?<\/a> \u21d0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\u21d3\u00a0 Complete Last Performance &#8217;79<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x5arK5GWXG4\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a4 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lennietristano.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lennie Tristano<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0[1919-1978]<\/h4>\n<h6>\u2665 \u00a0&#8216;Lover Man&#8217; \u00a0\u2193<\/h6>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q5EYThNlJjg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p id=\"watch-headline-title\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>\u2022\u2192\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=18PbWkVl0tY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;Don&#8217;t Blame me&#8217;<\/a>\u21d0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2666\u2192 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=M7qPLIoPQKg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Tangerine&#8217;<\/a>\u00a0 \u21d0\u00a0 [1965]<\/h6>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a4 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JycfQd9nk9M#t=12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Art Tatum<\/a>\u00a0 \u2193 \u00a0[1909-1956]<\/h4>\n<p><a style=\"text-align: justify;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fandor.com\/films\/art_tatum_the_art_of_jazz_piano\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-11646\" title=\"Art_T\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Art_T.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Art_T.jpg 480w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Art_T-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Art_T-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Art_T-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Art Tatum: The Art of Jazz Piano<\/strong> is the only documentary portrait of the greatest jazz pianist\u00a0\u2192<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Using photographs and some rare footage of Tatum and his contemporaries, the film reconstructs his genius. Included are interviews with musicians who played with him or who were influenced strongly by him: Guitarists <strong>Tiny Grimes<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Les Paul<\/strong>, and pianists <strong>Marian McPartland, Hank Jones, Dick Hyman<\/strong> and <strong>George Shearing\u00a0\u21d2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2665 \u00a0&#8216;My One &amp; Only Love&#8217; \u00a0\u2193<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1rYF_tZ_cTM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h6 id=\"watch-headline-title\" class=\"yt\" style=\"color: #222222; text-align: right;\"><span id=\"eow-title\" class=\"watch-title yt-uix-expander-head\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"Night And Day - Art Tatum &amp; Ben Webster\">\u221e \u00a0w\/ \u00a0Ben Webster \u00a0\u2193 \u00a0&#8216;Night And Day&#8217;<\/span><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nZuXbIb_9S0\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a4 Geri Allen (1957-2017) was the quintessence of a present-day mainstream jazz pianist. 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