Karrin Allyson
(pronounced KAH-rin
; born Karrin Allyson Schoonover
on July 27, 1963 in Great Bend, Kansas) is an American jazz vocalist. She has been nominated for three Grammy Awards and has received positive reviews from several prominent sources, including The New York Times
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Career
Allyson grew up in
Omaha and
San Francisco, and graduated from the
University of Nebraska at Omaha with a degree in classical piano in 1987. She began her performing career in
Minneapolis. In 1990, she moved to
Kansas City, where she recorded her 1992 debut album,
I Didn't Know About You
, for
Concord Records. In 1998, Allyson moved to
New York City with her longtime partner, radio host
Bill McGlaughlin, whom she met in Kansas City in the early 1990s.
In total, Allyson has recorded eleven studio albums, all under the Concord label. Her albums
Ballads: Remembering John Coltrane
(2001),
Footprints
(2006), and
Imagina: Songs of Brasil
(2008) all received
Grammy nominations for
Best Jazz Vocal Album. In 2009, she released a career-spanning "best of" collection. She sings in French, Portuguese, Italian, and Spanish, as well as English. The songs that she performs are drawn from a variety of genres, including
bossa nova,
blues,
bebop,
traditional pop (standards),
soft rock, and
folk rock. She has recorded vocal performances of several instrumental jazz compositions, using both
scat and
vocalese techniques. Allyson tours extensively, both in the
United States and internationally.
Discography
- 1992 I Didn't Know About You
- 1993 Sweet Home Cookin
- 1994 Azure-Té
- 1996 Collage
- 1996 Daydream
- 1999 From Paris To Rio
- 2001 Ballads: Remembering John Coltrane
- 2002 In Blue
- 2004 Wild For You
- 2006 Footprints
- 2008 Imagina: Songs of Brasil
- 2009 By Request: The Best of Karrin Allyson
(compilation)
Footnotes
- Holden, Stephen. "Peeling Back Folk Rock to Reveal Hidden Jazz." ''New York Times.'' November 5, 2005 (retrieved November 30, 2008)