Released October 11, 2011 | Length 50:31 Release date 11 October 2011 | |
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Recorded January 14–15 and April 27–28, 2011 Studio Union Country Performing Arts Center, Rahway, NJ and Klavierhaus, NYC Similar Geri Allen albums, Jazz albums |
Media voices for children a gift ft geri allen s a child is born
A Child Is Born is an album of Christmas carols by pianist Geri Allen with vocalists recorded in 2011 and released on the Motéma label.
Contents
- Media voices for children a gift ft geri allen s a child is born
- Reception
- Track listing
- Personnel
- Songs
- References
Reception
AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "this is a holiday collection for the more adventurous jazz piano fan, rather than for someone looking for a safe, warm, and fuzzy set of jazzed-up Christmas tunes". The Guardian review by John Fordham awarded the album 3 stars noting "Wherever you're coming from, this remains the work of a gifted improviser exploring timelessly haunting songs". PopMatters reviewer Josh Langhoff said "Geri Allen’s mostly-solo, mostly-jazz-piano album A Child Is Born flows through traditional Christmas songs and hymns with much facility, some invention, and a couple of surprises"
Track listing
All compositions Traditional except where noted.
- "Angels We Have Heard On High" – 4:24
- "A Child Is Born" (Thad Jones, Alec Wilder) – 3:43
- "Imagining Gena at Sunrise" – 1:10
- "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" – 7:31
- "Journey to Bethlehem" (Geri Allen) – 1:12
- "We Three Kings" (John Henry Hopkins, Jr." – 5:08
- "Little Drummer Boy" (Katherine Kennicott Davis) – 5:00
- "God Is With Us" (Allen) – 2:16
- "Amazing Grace" (John Newton/Traditional) – 2:43
- "Christmas Medley: Away in a Manger/What Child Is This?/Silent Night" (Traditional/William Chatterton Dix/Franz Xaver Gruber) – 4:32
- "Imagining Gena At Sunset" – 0:32
- "Let Us Break Bread Together" – 5:00
- "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" (Richard Storrs Willis) – 6:24
- "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" – 0:56
Personnel
Songs
1Angels We Have Heard On High4:17
2A Child Is Born3:38
3Imagining Gena At Sunrise1:07