Biography

Born in Great Bend, KS, Karrin Allyson grew up in Omaha, NE, and the San Francisco Bay Area--during which time she began taking classical piano lessons, in addition to performing as a folk singer and in an all-female rock band calledTomboy. Upon graduating from the University of Nebraska in 1987 (and receiving a degree in piano), Allyson sang regularly at a Kansas City nightclub owned by her uncle. Signed to the Concord Jazz label, Allyson issued her debut I Didn't Know About You in 1992 which led to being mentioned in Playboy's Annual Reader's Poll alongside such greats as Ella Fitzgerald and Shirley Horn. But it was 2001's Ballads: Remembering John Coltrane which proved to be one of the most acclaimed and successful of her entire career, as it earned a pair of Grammy nominations. In 2006 she released Footprints, earning herself another Grammy nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album.

Top Tracks

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• A Long Way To Go (equinox)

• All You Need To Say (never Say Yes)

• Cherokee

• Everybody's Boppin'

• Goodbye Pork Pie Hat

• How High The Moon/ornithology

• How Long Has This Been Going On?

• I'm Always Chasing Rainbows

• Joy Spring

• Les Feuilles Mortes (autumn Leaves)

• Long As You're Living

• Monk Medley

• My Foolish Heart

• Naima

• Nancy (with The Laughing Face)

• Nature Boy

• One Note Samba

• 's Wonderful

• Send In The Clowns

• Stompin' At The Savoy

• Strollin'

• Sweet Home Cookin' Man

• Te Amo (i Love You)

• That Day

• Turn Out The Stars

• What A Little Moonlight Can Do

• What's New

Discography

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• 'Round Midnight

  Concord / Concord Jazz

  2011

• Imagina: Songs of Brasil

  Concord

  2008

• Footprints

  Concord

  2006

• Wild for You

  Concord

  2004

• In Blue

  Concord

  2002

• Ballads: Remembering John Coltrane

  Concord Jazz

  2001

• From Paris to Rio

  Concord Jazz

  1999

• Daydream

  Concord Jazz

  1997

• Collage

  Concord

  1996

• Azure-Té

  Concord

  1995

• Sweet Home Cookin'

  Concord Jazz / Concord

  1994

• I Didn't Know About You

  Concord Jazz

  1992