The Nurturer

by Geri Allen

The Nurturer cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Blue Note
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 52:56
  • Community rating: 3.95/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Featuring a stellar quintet that includes Marcus Belgrave and Kenny Garrett, pianist Geri Allen crafts a remarkably fluid and cohesive post-bop session. 'The Nurturer' highlights Allen's deeply rhythmic, percussive piano style and her profound ability to modernize classic jazz structures without sacrificing emotional resonance.

Genres

Descriptors: improvisation, instrumental, acoustic

Tracklist

  1. Night's Shadow (8:26)
  2. No. 3 (8:17)
  3. It's Good To Be Home Again (4:32)
  4. Batista's Groove (5:24)
  5. Night Of Power (For My Daughter Laila) (2:19)
  6. Our Gang (5:38)
  7. Silence And Song / The Nurturer (9:51)
  8. Le Goo Wop (1:48)
  9. Lullaby Of Isfahn (6:41)

Credits

  • Kenny Garrett - alto saxophone, alto saxophone [straight-alto], composed by
  • Robert Hurst - bass, composed by
  • Jeff "Tain" Watts - drums
  • Eli Fountain - percussion, composed by
  • Marcus Belgrave - trumpet, flugelhorn, composed by
  • Lawrence Williams - composed by
  • Gene Kee - arranged by

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