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Karrin Allyson: Wild For You
by Jim Santella
The change in Karrin Allyson’s performance is significant; but that doesn’t alter the unique vocal presence through which we’ve come to know her and to appreciate for a decade and a half. In Wild For You , we still have the expressive treatment of lyrics, the delicate aura that combines scat singing with meaningful communication, and ...
Karrin Allyson: Wild for You
by C. Michael Bailey
West Coast-based jazz vocalist Karrin Allyson was five albums into her Concord career before she hit on niche—well-conceived concept recordings. The first in this series was From Paris to Rio (Concord 4865, 1999), which found Ms. Allyson in the original French and Portuguese mood. From Paris to Rio contains a collection of specifically chosen melodies, all ...
Karrin Allyson Quintet
by Christopher Jones
Karrin Allyson QuintetD’Mitriou’s Jazz Alley Seattle, WA When I think of Kansas City—specifically the jazz that came out of that city in the 1930s—I think of Count Basie and his big band; I think of Lester Young and his solo on “Doggin’ Around”; I think of cutting contests and gutbucket blues and tight ...
In Blue
Label: Concord Music Group
Released: 2002
Track listing: Moanin'; Everybody's Cryin' Mercy; Long As You're Livin'; The Meaning Of The Blues; The Bluebird; Hum Drum Blues; How Long Has This Been Going On; West Coast Blues; Evil Gal Blues; Blue Motel Room; Bye Bye Country Boy; Love Me Like A Man; Angel Eyes. (Total Time: 73:53)
Karrin Allyson: In Blue
by Roger Crane
Ralph Waldo Emerson once stated, “Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." Well, maybe, but it also implies conforming to high standards and dependability. In Blue is Karrin Allyson's eighth Concord album and every one of those eight is a topflight jazz vocal album. The “In Blue" concept is a perfect idea for Allyson because her ...
Karrin Allyson: In Blue
by Jim Santella
Karrin Allyson handles every style of singing so well; it's no wonder she's at home with the blues. A crystal clear artist with a unique vocal timbre, she's always been right on the button with respect to her goals. This, Allyson's eighth album in ten years, comes as yet another reminder of her consistency. She scat ...
Karrin Allyson: In Blue
by C. Michael Bailey
How Does One follow-up Ballads?... With the Blues Kansas City cum Omaha/San Francisco native Karrin Allyson has been recording since the early 1990s. She produced six well-received recordings for Concord Jazz before she reached the pot-of-gold with 2001's Ballads: Remembering John Coltrane. Celebrated by the critical community on many end-of-the-year lists (including mine), Ballads ...
Ballads - Remembering John Coltrane
Label: Concord Music Group
Released: 2001
Track listing: Say It (Over and Over Again); You Don't Know What Love Is; Too Young to Go Steady; All or Nothing At All; I Wish I Knew; What's New; It's Easy to Remember; Nancy (with the Laughing Face); Naima; Why Was I Born?; Every Time We Say Goodbye.
Ballads: Remembering John Coltrane
Label: Concord Music Group
Released: 2001
Track listing: Say It (Over And Over Again), You Don
Karrin Allyson: Ballads: Remembering John Coltrane
by C. Michael Bailey
I am listening to The John Coltrane Quartet's Ballads as I write this piece. I have never considered Coltrane a player of “pretty music." Where Charlie Parker was “just looking for the pretty notes" during his frenetic creative spurts, Coltrane was just planning to look for a place for all notes, presented in just the right ...
