Feed the Fire (1993)



Personnel:

Album Info:
Geri Allen - piano     Verve D106245
Dave Holland - bass     Recorded live on October 30, 1993 at the Royal Festival Hall, London, England
Jack DeJohnette - drums

Songs:

Feed the Fire [Allen]     11:20
Love Notes [Zubek/Carter]     7:11
Sometimes I'm Happy [Youmans/Grey/Caesar]   

 3:33
Lover Man [Davis/Ramirez/Sherman]     9:13
I'm All Smiles [Leonard/Martin]     5:26
If I Should Lose You [Robin/Rainger]     6:24
All or Nothing At All [Lawrence/Altman]     8:11
What Is This Tune? [Carter/DeJohnette]     

7:20
Day Dream [Strayhorn/Ellington]     12:08
B's Blues [Carter]     2:21

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Reviews:

   

* 4 Stars ... Carter allows the musicians here to challenge rather than just support her, and she rises to the occasion with an even more instrumental approach to singing than usual.  It's a bravura performance... - Down Beat, 11/94
   

* 4 Stars ... Her voice epitomizing the epiphet 'smoky,' she twists words, phrases, melodies and harmonies with the sensibility of a bebop instrumentalist... featuring a rhythm section... which is hot enough to light the fire in your front room... - Q Magazine, 1/95
   

* B+  ... the most original jazz singer alive usually works with promising newcomers.  But in these live performances, she uses players who've fulfilled their promise... - Entertainment Weekly, 10/14/94
   

\* A masterly performance which sums up all Carter's originality and flair. - Jazz - The Rough Guide