The Montreal Tapes: with Geri Allen and Paul Motian

The Montreal Tapes: with Geri Allen and Paul Motian is a live album by the American jazz bassist Charlie Haden with pianist Geri Allen and drummer Paul Motian recorded in 1989 and released on the Verve label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album 4½ stars stating "pianist Geri Allen's work is always technically adroit, often adventurous, prodding and challenging the massive-toned Haden into producing some of his most out-there work of recent years... Other tracks are thoughtfully ruminative in ways that remind one of the Keith Jarrett American quartet, of which Haden and Motian were the anchors".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Charlie Haden except as indicated

1. "Blues in Motian" - 8:20
2. "Fiasco" (Paul Motian) - 11:58
3. "First Song" - 9:20
4. "Dolphy's Dance" (Geri Allen) - 6:12
5. "For John Malachi" (Allen) - 6:34
6. "In the Year of the Dragon" (Motian) - 7:36

• Recorded at the Festival de Jazz de Montreal in Canada on July 1, 1989

Personnel

• Charlie Haden – bass
• Geri Allen - piano
• Paul Motian - drums

References