Collage

Karrin Allyson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 11, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Concord Records
• ASIN: B0000006PV
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #67,259 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars one of her best, May 20, 2002

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Clavosgrande "Big Nails" (Pinehurst nc United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Collage (Audio CD)

I suspect I am partial to Karrin's Kansas City style jazz. This CD is a mixture of styles and tunes which Karrin handles with impeccable style and verve. You simply have to hear her sing Monk's "Ask Me Now" and Clifford Brown's "Joy Spring" to realize what a great talent this girl has.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fresh sound, nice presentation, varied program., May 20, 2002

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Samuel Chell (Kenosha,, WI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Collage (Audio CD)

In the highly competitive world of female jazz singers, it takes a lot of determination, perseverance, marketing savvy, attention to presentation, and sheer moxy to survive let alone succeed--all the more so if you're a stand-up vocalist. Gone are the days when a "natural" like Lady Day, Ella or Sarah would be shepherded by a band leader or producer, under whose eyes she might have the luxury to experiment, jam, make mistakes, woodshed, and grow.

Karrin has a fresh, almost pellucid vocal timbre with a fetching androgynous quality and energetic, aggressive edge. And she definitely has her act together, based on the evidence of this carefully produced session. There's not much left to chance--none of the extemporaneous melodic reinventions of an Ella or Sarah--but her vocalese choruses based on notated jazz solos rank with the best of Jon Hendricks or the Manhattan Transfer. And her scatting on "All of You" and "Cherokee" certainly doesn't hurt. Whether the ventures into "folk" ("Robert Frost," "And So It Goes," and "Here, There, and Everywhere") earn her extra points for virtuosity ("Collage" is an accurate description) or detract from her jazz credentials probably depends on the listener's generation and frame of reference. The sound of female voice and acoustic guitar accompaniment is innocuous but the least uncommon sound in pop music (thankfully, there's no "The Rose"). And it probably shouldn't go unmentioned that for good measure she displays her command of both French ("Autumn Leaves") and Spanish ("Missing a Piece") before salvaging (but hardly restoring) a piece of 60's ephemera called "Live for Life."

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 3 cuts on this album killed me...I mean killed me., November 9, 2000

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This review is from: Collage (Audio CD)

I took a chance on this album, as in I bought it off the rack simply on the hopes that a couple of my favorite songs would be really done well. I give it 5 stars, even though I have a difficult time with albums like this that mix genre's of music. ALL OF YOU really got my attention, then JOY SPRING got me a little more, as that is a difficult chart for singers. I was listening to this in my car, on the freeway when track 8 came on, and I cranked it up really loud as the lead in to CHEROKEE was so soft...glad I left it up...I had to pull over after the end and I played it back-to-back 5 times...That track is the best new jazz track I have heard in many years...do yourself a favor...buy this CD. I must see this lady in person...