The Printmakers

1985 studio album by Geri Allen

The Printmakers

Studio album by

Geri Allen

Released| 1985
Recorded| February 8–9, 1984
Studio| Tonstudio Zuckerfabrik, Stuttgart, West Germany
Genre| Jazz
Length| 41:03
Label| Minor Music MM 001
Producer| Stephan Meyner
Geri Allen chronology
|  | The Printmakers
(1985)  | Home Grown
(1985)

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The Printmakers is the first album by the pianist Geri Allen.[1][2] It was recorded in February 1984 in Germany and released on the German Minor Music label.[3]

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music| [5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings| [6]

AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars, stating: "This session will prove to be an ear-opening experience for those familiar with Geri Allen's more mainstream work."[4] NPR called the album "a tight, imaginative trio session."[2] The New York Times wrote that Allen's "ballads demonstrate a rich, coloristic sense of harmony, and she can hurtle through atonal passages with steel-fingered momentum."[1]

## Track listing

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All compositions by Geri Allen

1. "A Celebration of All Life" - 6:20
2. "Eric" - 5:29
3. "Running as Fast as You Can...TGTH" - 3:10
4. "M's Heart" - 4:52
5. "Printmakers" - 8:05
6. "Andrew" - 4:24
7. "When Kabuya Dances" - 6:48
8. "D and V" - 1:55

## Personnel

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* Geri Allen - piano
* Anthony Cox \- double bass
* Andrew Cyrille \- drums, mouth percussion, timpani

## References

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1. ^ a b Pareles, Jon (August 28, 1985). "The Pop Life; R.e.m., the Rock Band, Thrives on Ambiguity" - via NYTimes.com.
2. ^ a b "Geri Allen, Pianist, Composer And Educator, Dies At 60". NPR.org.
3. ^ Geri Allen catalog, accessed July 3, 2014
4. ^ a b Dryden, K., Allmusic review. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
5. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1\. MUZE. p. 122.
6. ^ The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (Ninth ed.). 2008. p. 21.

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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.

Albums as leader
or co-leader|

* 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)

With Oliver Lake|

* Expandable Language (1984)
* Otherside (1988)
* Talkin' Stick (1997)
* At This Time (2008)

With others|

* 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)

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