The Printmakers
{{Infobox album
| name = The Printmakers
| type = Album
| artist = Geri Allen
| cover = The Printmakers - albumcover.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1985
| recorded = February 8–9, 1984
| venue =
| studio = Tonstudio Zuckerfabrik, Stuttgart, West Germany
| genre = Jazz
| length = 41:03
| label = Minor Music MM 001
| producer = Stephan Meyner
| chronology = Geri Allen
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Home Grown
| next_year = 1985
}}
The Printmakers is the first album by the pianist Geri Allen.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/08/28/arts/the-pop-life-rem-the-rock-band-thrives-on-ambiguity.html|title=The Pop Life; R.e.m., the Rock Band, Thrives on Ambiguity|first=Jon|last=Pareles|date=August 28, 1985|via=NYTimes.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2017/06/27/534409838/geri-allen-pianist-composer-and-educator-dies-at-60|title=Geri Allen, Pianist, Composer And Educator, Dies At 60|website=NPR.org}} It was recorded in February 1984 in Germany and released on the German Minor Music label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/geri-allen/catalog/#minor-music-mm-001 Geri Allen catalog], accessed July 3, 2014
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}
|rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
|rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=1 |page=122}}
|rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev3score = {{rating|3|4}}{{cite book |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |date=2008 |page=21 |edition=Ninth}}
}}
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."Dryden, K., [http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-printmakers-mw0000193297 Allmusic review]. Retrieved July 3, 2014. NPR called the album "a tight, imaginative trio session." 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."
Track listing
All compositions by Geri Allen
- "A Celebration of All Life" - 6:20
- "Eric" - 5:29
- "Running as Fast as You Can...TGTH" - 3:10
- "M's Heart" - 4:52
- "Printmakers" - 8:05
- "Andrew" - 4:24
- "When Kabuya Dances" - 6:48
- "D and V" - 1:55
Personnel
- Geri Allen - piano
- Anthony Cox - double bass
- Andrew Cyrille - drums, mouth percussion, timpani
References
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