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Home Grown is an album by pianist Geri Allen recorded in West Germany in early 1985 and released on the German Minor Music label.[1]
Reception
Professional ratingsReview scores |
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Allmusic | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png) ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png) ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png) ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png) [2] |
Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars calling it "A fine early set".[2]
Track listing
All compositions by Geri Allen except as indicated
- "Mama's Babies" - 5:31
- "Bemsha Swing" (Denzil Best, Thelonious Monk) - 2:50
- "No More Mr. Nice Guy" - 8:31
- "First Black Man ... M.O.P.E." - 3:59
- "'Round Midnight" (Monk) - 6:09
- "Blue" - 3:17
- "Alone Together" - 7:34
- "Home Grown" - 5:23
Personnel
References
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted. |
Albums as leader or co-leader | |
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With Oliver Lake | |
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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)
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