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Karrin Allyson: Ballads: Remembering John Coltrane
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 ...
Karrin Allyson: Ballads - Remembering John Coltrane
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; ...
Karrin Allyson: From Paris to Rio
by Jack Bowers
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, ...
Karrin Allyson: From Paris To Rio
by Jim Santella
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 ...
Karrin Allyson: Daydream
by AAJ Staff
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 ...
Karrin Allyson: Daydream
by Robert Spencer
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 ...
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