| Flying Toward the Sound | ||||
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| Released | 2010 | |||
| Recorded | December 18–20, 2008 Klavierhaus, NYC | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 60:06 | |||
| Label | Motéma MTM-37 | |||
| Producer | Geri Allen | |||
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Flying Toward the Sound (subtitled A Solo Piano Excursion Inspired by Cecil Taylor, McCoy Tyner and Herbie Hancock) is a solo album by pianist Geri Allen recorded in 2008 and released on the Motéma label in 2010.[1]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Guardian |  [3] |
| PopMatters |   [4] |
AllMusic awarded the album 4+1⁄2 stars, stating, "Flying Toward the Sound is a major work for solo piano: courageous, vulnerable, poetically articulated, and technically awe-inspiring in form and execution".[2] The Guardian review by John Fordham awarded the album 3 stars, noting, "It's a specialised homage to pianists and pianos, but this is the work of a formidable virtuoso".[3] PopMatters reviewer Will Layman said, "I’d been thinking that Geri Allen had somehow gone flat in recent years, but I was wrong. She is just more catholic in the way she packages her intelligent, brave playing"[4] JazzTimes stated, "the ghost of each pianist’s influence inhabits the "Refractions" suite... Nonetheless, every note of music is unmistakably Allen: clear, carefully plotted (even in the tangles of notes that shape the title track), and part of a larger soundscape that's as surreal as it is melodic".[5] All About Jazz enthused, "Jazz has been quoted as being "music that walks a tightrope without a net." Allen's Flying Toward the Sound effectively fits that description—daring, vulnerable, and breathtaking".[6]
All compositions by Geri Allen
