Flying Toward the Sound
Flying Toward the Sound | ||||
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Studio album by Geri Allen | ||||
Released | 2010 | |||
Recorded | December 18–20, 2008 Klavierhaus, NYC | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 60:06 | |||
Label | Motéma MTM-37 | |||
Producer | Geri Allen | |||
Geri Allen chronology | ||||
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Flying Toward the Sound (subtitled A Solo Piano Excursion Inspired by Cecil Taylor, McCoy Tyner and Herbie Hancock) is a solo album by pianist Geri Allen recorded in 2008 and released on the Motéma label in 2010.[1]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
The Guardian | [3] |
PopMatters | [4] |
AllMusic awarded the album 4+1⁄2 stars, stating, "Flying Toward the Sound is a major work for solo piano: courageous, vulnerable, poetically articulated, and technically awe-inspiring in form and execution".[2] The Guardian review by John Fordham awarded the album 3 stars, noting, "It's a specialised homage to pianists and pianos, but this is the work of a formidable virtuoso".[3] PopMatters reviewer Will Layman said, "I’d been thinking that Geri Allen had somehow gone flat in recent years, but I was wrong. She is just more catholic in the way she packages her intelligent, brave playing"[4] JazzTimes stated, "the ghost of each pianist’s influence inhabits the "Refractions" suite... Nonetheless, every note of music is unmistakably Allen: clear, carefully plotted (even in the tangles of notes that shape the title track), and part of a larger soundscape that's as surreal as it is melodic".[5] All About Jazz enthused, "Jazz has been quoted as being "music that walks a tightrope without a net." Allen's Flying Toward the Sound effectively fits that description—daring, vulnerable, and breathtaking".[6]
Track listing
All compositions by Geri Allen
- "Refraction I: Flying Toward the Sound" - 6:02
- "Refraction II: Red Velvet in Winter" - 5:56
- "Refraction III: Dancing Mystic Poets at Midnight" - 4:20
- "Refraction IV: God's Ancient Sky" - 16:03
- "Refraction V: Dancing Mystic Poets at Twylight" - 3:22
- "Refraction VI: Faith Carriers of Life" - 6:58
- "Refraction VII: Dancing Mystic Poets at Dawn" - 5:43
- "Refraction VIII: Flying Toward the Sound (Reprise)" - 6:53
- "Your Pure Self (Mother to Son)" - 5:07
- Video 1: "Flying Toward the Sound" - 4:08
- Video 2: "Red Velvet in Winter" - 4:03
- Video 3: "Faith Carriers of Life" - 4:40
Personnel
References
- ^ Geri Allen catalog, accessed June 30, 2014
- ^ a b Jurek, T., AllMusic Review accessed November 18, 2019
- ^ a b Fordham, J., The Guardian Review, September 9, 2011
- ^ a b Layman, W., PopMatters Review, November 18, 2010
- ^ West, M. J., JazzTimes Review, July/August 2010
- ^ Turner, M. F., All About Jazz Review, May 2, 2010
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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)