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Karrin Allyson: Estrada do Sol (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music March 28, 08On her Imagina CD, Karrin Allyson uncovers some of the lesser known gems from the oeuvre of Antonio Carlos Jobim. In...
Karrin Allyson: Angel Eyes (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music October 31, 07With her attractive, sultry voice, Karrin Allyson can deliver a song with intelligence and expressiveness while avoid...
Karrin Allyson: Everybody's Boppin' (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music August 07, 09To close her vocalese tribute CD, Footprints, Karrin Allyson gathered together her guest artists Nancy King and Jon H...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: SCAT SINGING
Scat singing—improvised solos created by a vocalist using nonsense syllables for words—is one of the great parado...
Karrin Allyson (with Nancy King): Life Is A Groove (Jordu) (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music April 02, 09Karrin Allyson and Nancy King are separated by a generation, but they have a symbiotic relationship. While each has a...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: 12 JAZZ DIVAS YOU NEED TO KNOW
Singer in Red, artwork by Suzanne Cerny “Jazz singer” used to ...
Karrin Allyson: Follow the Footprints (Footprints) (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 07, 07Buddha Shorter tossed this pebble into the pond and each ripple embraced a new set of lyrics. Its re- incarnations in...
Karrin Allyson: All You Need To Say (Never Say Yes) (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 07, 07Imagine Einstein theorizing on jazz: “Physics/Jazz constitutes a logical system of thought which is in a state of evo...
Karrin Allyson: Something Worth Waiting For (Con Alma) (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music November 07, 07I’ve always admired Dizzy Gillespie’s composition “Con Alma” for its clever chord progression – a good transposing as...
Karrin Allyson: I Cover the Waterfront (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music May 15, 09Allyson emerged in the '90's as a jazz singer with a soft, unassuming voice, substantial paraphrase and scatting abil...
Karrin Allyson: All I Want (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music December 05, 07Allyson livens up Joni Mitchell's ode with a lively Jamaican beat, courtesy of Gil Goldstein's overheated imagination...
In Conversation with Karrin Allyson posted in Features and Interviews February 15, 08by Marissa Dodge Editor’s Note: As part of jazz.com's focus on jazz vocalists this month, we are delighted to pr...
Brazil and Other Musical Wonders of the World posted in The Jazz.com Blog March 31, 08In Jean-Luc Godard’s film Les Carabiniers, two soldiers return home to their wives after years away – with a suitca...
Jazz Vocals in the New Millennium: Selected Listening posted in Features and Interviews February 13, 08NOTE: Here are links to track reviews of a representative sampling of jazz vocal performances released since the star...
Breaking Jazz News & Opinion: June 2009 posted in Miscellaneous Pages July 03, 09Anat Cohen plays Benny Goodman Josh Jackson reports from A Blog Supreme. 50,000 show ...
The Best Jazz Web Links: May 2008 posted in Miscellaneous Pages June 01, 08Cecil Taylor with the Art Ensemble YouTube presents a great video from 1984. Celebr...
Cartwright, Joe (Joseph L. Cartwright) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Cartwright, Joe [Joseph L. Cartwright], piano; b. Kansas City, KS, 29 December 1954. He grew up in Leavenworth, KS, ...
Vincent, Ron (Ronald David) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Vincent, Ron (Ronald David), drums, producer, educator; b. Warwick, RI, 18 October 1951. His parents are Raoul A. Vin...
Song of the Day posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 17, 07The Song of the Day is a regular feature at jazz.com. Five days per week, jazz.com highlights an exceptional track d...
The Best Jazz Tracks for April posted in The Jazz.com Blog April 30, 08If I told you that Nicholas Payton had decided to feature the song “Chinatown” on his new CD (Into the Blue), you mig...
Where Copyright Goes Wrong posted in The Jazz.com Blog July 09, 08Jazz.com's ever-vigilant resident curmudgeon, Alan Kurtz, has a typically contrarian take on copyright laws. Co...
The State of Jazz Vocals Today (Part One) posted in Features and Interviews February 13, 08By Ted Gioia How do we assess the current state of jazz singing? Of course, you can’t judge a CD by its cove...
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