Twylight

Twylight
Twylight
Studio album by Geri Allen
Released	October 1989
Recorded	1989
Studio	Sound Ideas Studios, NYC
Genre	Jazz
Length	45:20
Label	Minor Music MM 1014
Producer	Geri Allen
Geri Allen chronology

Twylight is an album by pianist Geri Allen recorded in early 1989 and released on the German Minor Music label.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]

AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "This is a stunningly beautiful recording, marking a distinct progression for Allen, and her complete awareness of the world at large. It might take several listenings to get used to, but the ultimate reward of this high artistic achievement is limitless."^[2]

Pianist and composer Ethan Iverson wrote "the compositional integrity is striking," and commented: "Twylight has a concentrated offering of Allen's odd meter vamps that feel old and fresh at the same time. Over those vamps, Allen plays pretty chords, bluesy melodies, or jagged shapes. Everyone does this today, but at the time it was rousing call to arms."^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Geri Allen

"When Kabuya Dances" – 8:42
"Shadow Series" – 6:06
"Skin" – 1:43
"A Place of Power" – 4:10
"Twylight" – 1:11
"Stop the World" – 4:06
"Wood" – 2:36
"Little Wind" – 4:22
"Dream Time" – 3:44
"Blue" – 4:11
"Black Pools" – 4:29

Personnel

Geri Allen – piano, synthesizer
Jaribu Shahid – bass (tracks 1–4, 6–9 & 11)
Tani Tabbal – drums, djembe (tracks 1, 3, 6–9 & 11)
Sadiq Bey – congas, percussion (tracks 1, 4, 7, 8 & 11)
Eli Fountain – percussion (tracks 7, 8 & 11)
Clarice Taylor Bell – vocals (tracks 2 & 11)

References

^ Geri Allen catalog, accessed 30 June 2014
^ ^a ^b Nastos, M. G., Allmusic Review accessed 30 June 2014
^ Iverson, Ethan. "The Breakthrough of Geri Allen". EthanIverson.com. Retrieved 2 April 2022.

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[1] Geri Allen catalog, accessed 30 June 2014

[Allmusic-2] Nastos, M. G., Allmusic Review accessed 30 June 2014

[3] Iverson, Ethan. "The Breakthrough of Geri Allen". EthanIverson.com. Retrieved 2 April 2022.

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v t e Geri Allen
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.
Albums as leader or co-leader	The Printmakers (1984) Home Grown (1985) Open on All Sides in the Middle (1986) In the Year of the Dragon (1989) Segments (1989) Twylight (1989) Live at the Village Vanguard (1990) The Nurturer (1990) Maroons (1992) Twenty One (1994) Eyes in the Back of Your Head (1995–96) Some Aspects of Water (1996) The Gathering (1998) The Life of a Song (2004) Timeless Portraits and Dreams (2006) Flying Toward the Sound (2008) Geri Allen & Timeline Live (2009) A Child Is Born (2011) Grand River Crossings (2012) A Lovesome Thing (2012)
With Oliver Lake	Expandable Language (1984) Otherside (1988) Talkin' Stick (1997) At This Time (2008)
With others	Movies (Franco Ambrosetti, 1986) Movies Too (Franco Ambrosetti, 1988) The Collective (Cecil Brooks III, 1989) Duet in Detroit (Roy Brooks, 1989) Droppin' Things (Betty Carter, 1990) Feed the Fire (Betty Carter, 1993) Sound Museum: Hidden Man (Ornette Coleman, 1996) Sound Museum: Three Women (Ornette Coleman, 1996) Motherland Pulse (Steve Coleman, 1985) Flute Talk (Buddy Collette, 1988) Etudes (Charlie Haden, 1987) The Montreal Tapes: with Geri Allen and Paul Motian (Charlie Haden, 1989) The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra (Charlie Haden, 1989) Reflections in Change (Craig Handy, 1999) Lift Every Voice (Charles Lloyd, 2002) Jumping the Creek (Charles Lloyd, 2004) Decision in Paradise (Frank Lowe, 1984) Monk in Motian (Paul Motian, 1988) Mindgames (Greg Osby, 1988) Living on the Edge (Dewey Redman, 1989) Crunchin' (Wallace Roney, 1993) Munchin' (Wallace Roney, 1993) Bemsha Swing (Woody Shaw, 1986) By Any Means Necessary (Gary Thomas, 1989)