Karrin Allyson: Jazz at the Lesher Center

Grammy-nominated singer and pianist Karrin
Allyson moves with ease and authority from the Great American Songbook of
Gershwin and Porter to the Great American Jazz Songbook of Duke, Thelonius, Davis,
and Dizzy, with infusions of the musical essences of Rio and Paris. Legendary
jazz critic Gary Giddins said in the Village Voice: "Allyson coolly
stakes her claim. She brings a timbre that is part ice and part grain —
incisive, original, and emotionally convincing." Born in the Midwest, Allyson studied music in the Bay Area, receiving
a degree in classical piano performance. She began her recording career with
Concord Jazz in 1992, also performing in Minneapolis
and Kansas City.
In 2011, Allyson released “Round Midnight,” her thirteenth album, which
earned her fourth Grammy nomination, for best jazz vocal album.  She has been proclaimed by The New York Times, "Utter musical
fearlessness - a complete artist, and one of the jazz world's
finest."  And by The Washington
Post, "The stuff that shivers are made of: innocent, sexy and world-weary."

Karrin Allyson