Geri Allen
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- 1
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1957-06-12
- Active to
- 2017-06-27
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Geri Allen (Pontiac, Michigan, June 12, 1957 – June 27, 2017) was an American composer, educator, and jazz pianist. Allen worked with many jazz musicians, including Ornette Coleman, Ron Carter, Tony Williams, Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette, and Charles Lloyd. She cited 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 Walden, and Betty Carter <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Geri+All
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Antoinette
- Family name
- Allen
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Pontiac
- Place of death
- Philadelphia
- Spouse
- Wallace Roney
- Occupation
- pianist
- Employer
- University of Michigan
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- bebop
- Instrument
- piano
- Official website
- www.geriallen.com
- Image
- Geri-allen-by-pablo-secca.jpg
- Work location
- Ann Arbor
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- manner of death
- natural causes
- date of birth
- 1957-06-12
- Commons category
- Geri Allen
- date of death
- 2017-06-27
- cause of death
- cancer
- start of work period
- 1982-00-00
- pseudonym
- Geri Allen-Roney
- birth name
- Geri Antoinette Allen
- name in native language
- Geri Allen
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