Karrin Allyson - Ballads: Remembering John Coltrane (2000)

Front Cover	Album Info
	Artist/Composer Karrin Allyson Title Ballads: Remembering John Coltrane Length 62:21 Discs: 1 Tracks: 11 Format HQ 192+ kbps Packaging Jewel Case Label Concord Jazz Cat. Number 4950 Style Vocal Jazz Rating N/A Recorded listopad 2000

Musicians	Credits
Karrin Allyson vocals, piano Bob Berg sax tenor James Williams piano Lewis Nash cymbals, drums John Patitucci bass	Producer Nick Phillips Engineer Josiah Gluck

Track list

01 Say It (Over And Over Again) 06:07 02 You Don't Know What Love Is 05:42 03 Too Young To Go Steady 05:47 04 All Or Nothing At All 06:54 05 I Wish I Knew 04:26 06 What's New 05:59 07 It's Easy To Remember 06:07 08 Nancy (With The Laughing Face) 04:50 09 Naima 06:42 10 Why Was I Born? 03:46 11 Everytime We Say Goodbye 06:01

Notes

AMG Review by Glenn Astarita (4 1/2): Jazz vocalist Karrin Allyson strikes a sentimental chord with this super fine 2001 release, inspired by tenor sax titan John Coltrane's infamous Ballads LP. The diva exhibits her near flawless phraseology and alluring vigor throughout these wonderfully executed pieces. Allyson also receives exemplary support from what some might consider an all-star band, featuring bassist John Patitucci; saxophonists Bob Berg, Steve Wilson, and James Carter; pianist/educator James Williams; and drummer Lewis Nash. All told, the musicians inject their distinct musical personas into these moving portraitures amid Allyson's trance-like renderings of pieces such as "You Don't Know What Love Is," "All or Nothing at All," and others. The singer's wordless incantation of "Naima" bespeaks poignant imagery as Patitucci and Nash generate a grooving samba beat atop Williams' shrewdly placed lower-register ostinato motifs and the saxophonists' breezy lines. Basically, Ballads is a very special occurrence, one that provides yet another mark of distinction for this extremely talented artiste. Highly recommended.