| The Printmakers | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Geri Allen |
| Cover: | The Printmakers - albumcover.jpg |
| Released: | 1985 |
| Recorded: | February 8–9, 1984 |
| Studio: | Tonstudio Zuckerfabrik, Stuttgart, West Germany |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 41:03 |
| Label: | Minor Music MM 001 |
| Producer: | Stephan Meyner |
| Chronology: | Geri Allen |
| Next Title: | Home Grown |
| Next Year: | 1985 |
The Printmakers is the first album by the pianist Geri Allen.[1] [2] It was recorded in February 1984 in Germany and released on the German Minor Music label.[3]
AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars, stating: "This session will prove to be an ear-opening experience for those familiar with Geri Allen's more mainstream work."[4] NPR called the album "a tight, imaginative trio session."[2] The New York Times wrote that Allen's "ballads demonstrate a rich, coloristic sense of harmony, and she can hurtle through atonal passages with steel-fingered momentum."[1]
All compositions by Geri Allen