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Karrin Allyson Quintet

Read "Karrin Allyson Quintet" reviewed 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 ...

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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)

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Karrin Allyson: In Blue

Read "In Blue" reviewed 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 ...

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Karrin Allyson: In Blue

Read "In Blue" reviewed 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 ...

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Karrin Allyson: In Blue

Read "In Blue" reviewed 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 ...

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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.

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Ballads: Remembering John Coltrane

Label: Concord Music Group
Released: 2001
Track listing: Say It (Over And Over Again), You Don

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Karrin Allyson: Ballads: Remembering John Coltrane

Read "Ballads: Remembering John Coltrane" reviewed 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 ...

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Karrin Allyson: Ballads - Remembering John Coltrane

Read "Ballads - Remembering John Coltrane" reviewed by Jim Santella


"Naima" and two other ballads that John Coltrane recorded have been appended to the program line-up borrowed from his 1960-61 album Ballads. It is Karrin Allyson's plan to pay homage to Coltrane by recreating that influential album. James Carter, Bob Berg and Steve Wilson lend a significant hand; a solid rhythm section backs her up appropriately; ...

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Karrin Allyson: Ballads: Remembering John Coltrane

Read "Ballads: Remembering John Coltrane" reviewed by AAJ Staff


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 ...


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