In Blue: Karrin Allyson: Amazon.ca: Music

1. Moanin'

2. Everybody's Cryin' Mercy

3. Long As You're Living

4. The Meaning Of The Blues

5. My Bluebird

6. Hum Drum Blues

7. How Long Has This Been Going On?

8. West Coast Blues

9. Evil Gal Blues

10. Blue Motel Room

11. Bye Bye Country Boy

12. Love Me Like A Man

13. Angel Eyes

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There's nothing like the sound of a singer coming into her own. Following up her first-rate, song-by-song traversal of John Coltrane's Ballads, on which she closely followed the original arrangements, Karrin Allyson here cuts consistently fresh paths through a choice set of blues and blues-inspired tunes. There is never a moment when she takes a tune for granted--or allows us to. Breathing a sultry intimacy into Bobby Timmons' jazz classic, "Moanin,'" she maximizes Jon Hendricks's lyrics with her rolling-and-tumbling phrasing. Toughening her voice, she could almost be mistaken for Bonnie Raitt on "Love Me Like a Man," one of the blues-rock queen's signature songs. Backed by her fine regular guitarist Danny Embrey and the superb rhythm section of Mulgrew Miller, Peter Washington, and Lewis Nash, she also brings distinction to offbeat selections such as Oscar Brown Jr.'s "Hum Drum Blues," Blossom Dearie's "Bye Bye Country Boy," and Joni Mitchell's "Blue Motel Room." That she knows "The Meaning of the Blues" (she covers that Bobby Troup standard, too) is no surprise. She is, after all, from Kansas City. But the variety of shades she exposes here is worth shouting about. --Lloyd Sachs

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Japanese version featuring a bonus track

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3.0 out of 5 stars Too Blue, Sep 18 2003

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Mycroft "Virture is its own punishment" (Charleston, Oregon) - See all my reviews

This review is from: In Blue (Audio CD)

Karrin Allyson croaks and strains her way through this moody CD. Jazz is the last home for singers who cannot sing and in this respect Miss Allyson has found her place in the world. This is better than her Ballads CD but only because the material is of higher quality. The CD is a good listen for rainy nights when the lights are low. It grows on you and by the third or fourth time 'round it can be very pleasent. But if you are expecting some soaring, jazzy lightning bolt, this just isn't it.

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5.0 out of 5 stars AWESOME - no other word to describe this one!, July 18 2003

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Frank Garon (Breinigsville, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: In Blue (Audio CD)

Thank You, Amazon for your "If you like X, you might also like Y" feature.

I found Karrin Allyson that way via a Jane Monheit search, and what can I say? Karrin baby, you got it going on!!!

She's got "The Voice" down pat, she sings to YOU, and you ALONE. I get chills just listening to her sing "The Meaning of the Blues" and "Blue Hotel Room".

This one is a "no-brainer", it's good stuff from start to finish. Really glad I found her, and I think you will be too!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Karrin's got the blues (and, boy, am I happy about it), Jun 28 2003

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J. C. Vera "intellectualised" (Miami, Fl United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: In Blue (Audio CD)

After releasing an astounding tribute album to Coltrane, I found it hard to imagine that Karrin Allyson would be able to record anything that was even half as good. Well, I was wrong, 'In Blue' is that kind of album that touches you and makes you want to play it time and again. The reviewer who found this album to be lacking emotion needs to give it another try. Just one listen to her version of "The Meaning of the Blues" and you're hooked. Other highlights include "Moanin'," "Evil Gal Blues," and "Angel Eyes."

This album is the ideal introductory recommendation to what good jazz and blues female vocalists are about. Even more so, it is perfect for anyone who is a jazz fan and not familiar with Karrin's music. It is beautiful, melodic, fits every mood (perfect for a day when you're serioulsy hit by "the blues"), and it is flawlessly produced. Karrin's sincere, never-over-the-top, sultry, and emotional delivery is an example of what real music is about. File this one under "nearly perfect."

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1.0 out of 5 stars A Tough Sell
John Coltrane's Ballad Album was much more of a sell for Allyson. On this latest release In Blue, Allyson's most convincing track is Moanin'. Read more

Published on May 25 2003 by Neil Tesser

5.0 out of 5 stars Unmatched
I can't believe that someone said this was "emotionally flat"! Is this person deaf? Did they confuse the fact that the CD was flat with the beauty it contains? Read more

Published on April 29 2003 by D. Mazzoni