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photo credit: Randee St. Nicholas
KARRIN ALLYSON QUARTET
Sunday April 25 7:00 pm
DIANA WORTHAM THEATRE,
Three-Time Grammy-Nominated Vocalist
Comes to Karrin Allyson is one of the busiest jazz vocalists on the domestic and international scene these days. Starting her musical journey studying classical piano, Allyson discovered jazz and jazz singing in college and thus claimed her future.
Over the years,
Allyson has honed her singing, songwriting and piano skills and has recorded
twelve CDs, all on the photo credit: Randee St. Nicholas
In Jazztimes magazine’s review of 2008’s Grammy nominated Imagina: Songs of Brasil, noted reviewer Christopher Loudon was emphatic about her rare talent: “To suggest that this is Karrin Allyson’s finest album to date would be a disservice to such solid accomplishments as her 2001 Coltrane tribute and 2006’s bold, brave Footprints; but ranking it among the best nods to Brazil ever crafted by an American singer seems fully justified”. A long way from her native Kansas, Allyson tours extensively playing in traditional jazz venues all over the world as well as at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and the 92nd Street Y in New York City where she now makes her home. She sings in French, Portuguese, Italian and Spanish, as well as in English and the songs she performs are drawn from a variety of genre including bossa nova, blues, bebop, standards and vocal performances of several instrumental jazz compositions. photo credit: Randee St. Nicholas
The singer has also been a popular and welcomed guest of Garrison Keillor on National Public Radio's A Prairie Home Companion on several occasions, most recently from Tanglewood. In addition, Allyson and her band have performed with symphony orchestras around the country, including the new Carnegie Hall concert series at Zankel Hall.
What has generated this much esteem and success? First of all there is the
singer's uniquely distinctive voice. Notable jazz critic and historian Gary
Giddins affirms, "Allyson coolly stakes her claim. She brings a timbre
that is part ice and part grain...incisive, original, and emotionally
convincing." The Extended sound clips, additional and ticketing information available at www.wncjazzsociety.org Karrin Allyson’s performance is funded, in part, by Deal Motor Cars, to whom we are grateful for its support for jazz in our community.
Karrin Allyson’s performance is
funded, in part, by a grant from the Southern Arts Federation in partnership
with the National Endowment for the Arts and the
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