Maroons (album)

Maroons
Studio album by
Geri Allen
ReleasedOctober 1992
RecordedFebruary 11–14, 1992
StudioSound On Sound Studio, NYC
GenreJazz
Length71:59
LabelBlue Note CDP 7 99493 2 8
ProducerGeri Allen
Geri Allen chronology
Live at the Village Vanguard
(1990) 		Maroons
(1992) 		Twenty One
(1994)

Maroons is an album by pianist Geri Allen recorded in 1992 and released on the Blue Note label.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars, stating, "This excellent recording is easily recommended to her fans and potential new devotees".[2]

In an article for Jazz Times, Michael J. West praised "Number Four," writing that Allen "anticipates Belgrave's every melodic and rhythmic move—at times sticking-and-moving, a la Earl Hines with Armstrong. She picks up his pathways on her solo... but turns them in her own direction, as if his improvised figures were the written material on which she was improvising. It's a remarkable achievement, one deserving of close attention within her catalogue."[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Geri Allen except as indicated

  1. "Feed the Fire I" - 1:33
  2. "No More Mr. Nice Guy" - 7:05
  3. "And They Partied" - 5:29
  4. "Number Four" (Lawrence Williams) - 4:35
  5. "A Prayer for Peace" - 5:43
  6. "Mad Money" - 7:39
  7. "Two Brothers" (Anthony Cox, Dwayne Dolphin) - 2:49
  8. "Feed the Fire II" - 3:29
  9. "Dolphy's Dance" - 5:01
  10. "For John Malachi" - 4:09
  11. "Laila's House" - 8:21
  12. "Feed the Fire III" - 3:16
  13. "Brooklyn Bound "A"" - 1:05
  14. "Bed-Sty" - 5:19
  15. "Maroons" - 6:26

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Geri Allen catalog, accessed July 1, 2014
  2. ^ a b Nastos, M. G., Allmusic Review accessed July 1, 2014
  3. ^ West, Michael J. (May 5, 2020). "JazzTimes 10: Essential Geri Allen Recordings". Jazz Times. Retrieved April 2, 2022.