''Maroons'' is an album by pianist

Geri Allen Geri Antoinette Allen (June 12, 1957 – June 27, 2017) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and educator. In addition to her career as a performer and bandleader, Allen was also an associate professor of music at the University of Pittsburgh ...

recorded in 1992 and released on the

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label.

Reception

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awarded the album 4½ stars, stating, "This excellent recording is easily recommended to her fans and potential new devotees".Nastos, M. G.
Allmusic Review
accessed July 1, 2014 In an article for

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, 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."

Track listing

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

Personnel

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Marcus Belgrave Marcus Batista Belgrave (June 12, 1936 – May 24, 2015) was an American jazz trumpet player from Detroit, born in Chester, Pennsylvania. He recorded with numerous musicians from the 1950s onwards. Belgrave was inducted into the class of 2017 ...

Wallace Roney Wallace Roney (May 25, 1960 – March 31, 2020) was an American jazz (hard bop and post-bop) trumpeter. He has won 1 Grammy award and has two nominations. Roney took lessons from Clark Terry and Dizzy Gillespie and studied with Miles Davis from ...

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* Anthony Cox,

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References

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