Eyes in the Back of Your Head

Eyes in the Back of Your Head is an album by the pianist Geri Allen, recorded in late 1995 and early 1996 and released on the Blue Note label.[1]

Eyes in the Back of Your Head
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 12, 1997
RecordedDecember 14–15, 1995 &
March 1, 1996
StudioClinton Recording Studios, NYC
GenreJazz
Length54:51
LabelBlue Note CDP 8 38297
ProducerGeri Allen, Herb Jordan & Teo Macero
Geri Allen chronology
Some Aspects of Water
(1997)
Eyes in the Back of Your Head
(1997)
The Gathering
(1998)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [2]

AllMusic stated: "The music is mostly avant-garde, but purposeful and logical in its own fashion. Well worth several listens".[2] JazzTimes stated: "In conversation she's a thoroughly grounded woman, in music she brings that as well as a sense of storytelling and picture painting that never borders on the precious, and this recording is equal parts-pure Geri Allen, always rewarding".[3]

Track listing

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All compositions by Geri Allen except as indicated:

  1. "Mother Wit" - 3:05
  2. "New Eyes Opening" - 5:37
  3. "Vertical Flowing" (Geri Allen, Ornette Coleman) - 5:27
  4. "M.O.P.E." - 6:11
  5. "FMFMF (For My Family, for My Friends)" - 5:34
  6. "Dark Eyes" (Geri Allen, Wallace Roney) - 4:20
  7. "Little Waltz" (Ron Carter) - 6:11
  8. "In the Back of Your Head" (Allen, Roney) - 5:52
  9. "Windows to the Soul" - 5:11
  10. "The Eyes Have It" (Allen, Ornette Coleman) - 7:23

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Geri Allen catalog, accessed July 1, 2014
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S., AllMusic Review accessed July 1, 2014
  3. ^ Jenkins, W., JazzTimes Review, October 1997