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Karrin Allyson: Ballads: Remembering John Coltrane

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by AAJ Staff
June 1, 2001

After 20 years of working as a singer originally in Minneapolis and primarily in Kansas City, Karrin Allyson has recorded the album her fans have awaited--the album that no doubt will expand her recognition beyond those listeners who have savored her work as almost a private find. And she has achieved all of this without compromising her dedication to jazz. In fact, she has achieved it by emphasizing that dedication. Ballads connects Allyson's long-obvious jazz ...

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Karrin Allyson: From Paris to Rio

by Jack Bowers
January 1, 2000

Songstress Karrin Allyson spreads wide her conceptual wings on her sixth release for Concord Jazz, crooning in three languages in an engaging salute to France and Brazil that may be short on Jazz but is long on emotion and charm. Allyson is cute as a button, the folks in Kansas City (where she resides) love her, and who are we to disagree? Allyson sings exactly as she looks, in a bright and lovable voice whose timbre reminds me (I’m dating ...

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Karrin Allyson: From Paris To Rio

by Jim Santella
September 1, 1999

Every album from singer Karrin Allyson turns out better than the last one. This session is quite romantic. A little dose of that is needed in our lives occasionally, right? Whenever we start to take ourselves too seriously, it helps to have someone on our side, bringing us back to Earth and recalling the forces of Nature that make it all work. Singing in French, English, Portuguese and scat, Allyson works with an acoustic minimalist crew. In general, the band ...

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Karrin Allyson: Daydream

by AAJ Staff
October 1, 1997

Karrin Allyson has evolved into one of the most exciting young singers in the jazz world. All of the Kansas City resident's Concord recordings have been strong, and her artistic winning streak continues with Daydream. This excellent CD reminds us that Allyson isn't just a pop singer with some jazz influence--she's a improvising, hard swinging jazzer who can blow with the spontaneity of a saxophonist. And if you doubt it, just check out how passionately and freely she swings on ...

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Karrin Allyson: Daydream

by Robert Spencer
September 1, 1997

A sweet singer. Right away on the Ellington / Strayhorn “Daydream," the title track that opens this CD, Karrin Allyson sounds sooo warm and vulnerable. Gary Burton’s vibes are masterfully deployed, with Allyson’s voice floating around them. She has that female jazz singer thing, that thing all the great female jazz singers have had: the ability to move emotions. She has good taste and self-confidence, and she doesn’t indulge in the pyrotechnics that pass for singing among mediocrities these days. ...