Spotlight on: Geri Allen

Evening Music | May 6, 2010
Pianist/composer Geri Allen's socially conscious style of jazz has taken her around the world and won many awards, including the "Nobel prize" of jazz, Denmark's Jazzpar prize. Allen joins David Garland in the studio to sample her work and talk about her current tour, which takes her to the Village Vanguard later this year.

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