Geri Allen
Blues, Musical Artist
1957 –
Who is Geri Allen?
Geri Allen is an American composer, educator, and jazz pianist, raised in Detroit, Michigan, and educated in the Detroit Public Schools. Allen has worked with many of the greats of modern music, including Ornette Coleman, Ron Carter, Ravi Coltrane, Tony Williams, Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette, Betty Carter, and Charles Lloyd. She cites her primary influences to be her parents, Mount Vernell Allen Jr, and Barbara Jean Allen, and her primary musical influences to be mentors Marcus Belgrave, Donald Waldon, and Betty Carter, as well as pianists Herbie Hancock, Mary Lou Williams, Hank Jones, Alice Coltrane, Cecil Taylor, Thelonious Monk, McCoy Tyner, Bud Powell, and mentor Dr. Billy Taylor. Allen is an Associate Professor of Music and the Director of the Jazz Studies Program at the University of Pittsburgh.
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- Born
- Jun 12, 1957
Pontiac - Also known as
- Allen, Geri
- Spouses
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Bachelor's degree, Howard University
Jazz Studies
( - 1979) - Master of Arts, University of Pittsburgh
Ethnomusicology - Cass Technical High School
- Bachelor's degree, Howard University
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on July 23, 2013
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