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Open on All Sides in the Middle

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{{Infobox album

| name = Open on All Sides in the Middle

| type = Album

| artist = Geri Allen

| cover = Open on All Sides in the Middle.jpg

| alt =

| released = December 1987

| recorded = December 1986

| venue =

| studio = Sound Suite, Detroit

| genre = Jazz

| length = 43:47

| label = Minor Music MM 1013

| producer = Geri Allen

| chronology = Geri Allen

| prev_title = Home Grown

| prev_year = 1985

| next_title = Twylight

| next_year = 1989

}}

Open on All Sides in the Middle is an album by pianist Geri Allen, recorded in late 1986 and released on the German Minor Music label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/geri-allen/catalog/#minor-music-mm-1013 Geri Allen catalog], accessed June 30, 2014

Reception

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}

| rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz

| rev2Score = {{rating|2|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |author-link=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=21}}

}}

AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow stated that "the material is comparatively lightweight for a Geri Allen recording, often only bordering on jazz".Yanow, S., [http://www.allmusic.com/album/open-on-all-sides-in-the-middle-mw0000196997 AllMusic Review], accessed July 3, 2014. The Penguin Guide to Jazz described the album as an attempt to create "some new kind of song-based jazz", but labelled it "dire".

Track listing

All compositions by Geri Allen

  1. "Open on All Sides / The Glide Was in the Ride..." - 6:45
  2. "Forbidden Place" - 4:24
  3. "The Dancer" - 2:33
  4. "In the Middle" - 4:01
  5. "Ray" - 4:17
  6. "I Sang a Bright Green Tear for All of Us This Year..." - 12:46
  7. "Drummer's Song" - 2:24
  8. "In the Morning" - 5:03
  9. "The Dancer Part 2" 1:34

Personnel

References

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Category:1987 albums

Category:Geri Allen albums

Category:Vocal jazz albums