Eyes in the Back of Your Head explained

Eyes in the Back of Your Head
Type:	Album
Artist:	Geri Allen
Cover:	Eyes in the Back of Your Head.jpg
Released:	August 12, 1997
Recorded:	December 14–15, 1995 & March 1, 1996
Studio:	Clinton Recording Studios, NYC
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	54:51
Label:	Blue Note CDP 8 38297
Producer:	Geri Allen, Herb Jordan & Teo Macero
Chronology:	Geri Allen
Prev Title:	Some Aspects of Water
Prev Year:	1997
Next Title:	The Gathering
Next Year:	1998

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]

Reception

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

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

• Geri Allen - piano, synthesizer
• Wallace Roney - trumpet (tracks 4, 6, 8 & 9)
• Ornette Coleman - alto saxophone (tracks 3 & 10)
• Cyro Baptista - percussion (tracks 1, 4 & 6)

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/geri-allen/catalog/#somethinelse-tocj-5589 Geri Allen catalog
2. Yanow, S., AllMusic Review accessed July 1, 2014
3. Jenkins, W., JazzTimes Review, October 1997