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Geri Allen was born on 12 June, 1957 in Pontiac, Michigan, U.S., is an American jazz musician and educator (1957–2017). Discover Geri Allen's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 60 years old?

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Age 60 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 12 June 1957
Birthday 12 June
Birthplace Pontiac, Michigan, U.S.
Date of death 27 June, 2017
Died Place Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Nationality United States

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Her husband is Wallace Roney (m. 1995-2008)

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1957

Geri Antoinette Allen (June 12, 1957 – June 27, 2017) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and educator.

She taught at the University of Michigan and the University of Pittsburgh.

Allen was born in Pontiac, Michigan, on June 12, 1957, and grew up in Detroit.

"Her father, Mount Allen Jr, was a school principal, her mother, Barbara, a government administrator in the defence industry."

Allen was educated in Detroit Public Schools.

She started playing the piano at the age of seven, and settled on becoming a jazz pianist in her early teens.

1979

Allen graduated from Howard University's jazz studies program in 1979.

1982

She then continued her studies: with pianist Kenny Barron in New York; and at the University of Pittsburgh, where she completed a master's degree in ethnomusicology in 1982.

After this, she returned to New York.

Allen became involved in the M-Base collective in New York.

1984

Her recording debut as a leader was in 1984, resulting in The Printmakers.

This trio album, with bassist Anthony Cox and drummer Andrew Cyrille, also featured some of Allen's compositions.

1995

Allen married trumpeter Wallace Roney in 1995.

They had a daughter and a son; the marriage ended in divorce.

1996

Allen was awarded the Jazzpar Prize in 1996.

In the same year, she recorded two albums with Ornette Coleman: Sound Museum: Hidden Man and Sound Museum: Three Women.

2006

In 2006, Allen composed "For the Healing of the Nations", a suite written in tribute to the victims and survivors of the September 11 attacks.

2008

She was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2008.

Allen was a longtime resident of Montclair, New Jersey.

2013

For 10 years she taught jazz and improvisational studies at the University of Michigan, and she became director of the jazz studies program at the University of Pittsburgh in 2013.

2017

Allen died on June 27, 2017, two weeks after her 60th birthday, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, after suffering from cancer.

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With The Batson Brothers

With Betty Carter

With Ornette Coleman

With Steve Coleman

With Charlie Haden

With others

Geri Allen portrays jazz pianist Mary Lou Williams and performs with the jazz band in the Robert Altman film Kansas City.