June 2017

Revisiting his 1989 Wire interview with Geri Allen, Urpeth salutes the composer, jazz pianist and educator

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Jack DeJohnette (9 August 1942–26 October 2025)

The US drummer, pianist and composer died on 26 October aged 83. In the February 1989 issue of The Wire, he was interviewed by the magazine’s then editor Richard Cook. As a tribute, we have made that article free to read in our online library

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Geri Allen

Essay

Geri Allen 1957–2017: An appreciation by Peter Urpeth

June 2017

Issue 67

September 1989