Track Listings (13) - Disc #1| All Artists: Karrin Allyson Title: Wild for You Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 0 Label: Concord Records Release Date: 6/8/2004 Genres: Jazz, Pop, Broadway & Vocalists Styles: Vocal Jazz, Vocal Pop, Cabaret, Traditional Vocal Pop Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 013431222026 |
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With this collection of '70s-era pop tunes, Karrin Allyson makes a bold, post-Norah Jones career move--and has a kittenish new look to show for it. We know not to judge a CD by its cover, but judging this smart and distinc... more » |
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Amazon.com With this collection of '70s-era pop tunes, Karrin Allyson makes a bold, post-Norah Jones career move--and has a kittenish new look to show for it. We know not to judge a CD by its cover, but judging this smart and distinctive jazz singer by her song covers--Carole King's "It's Too Late," Cat Stevens's "Wild World," James Taylor's "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight," Joni Mitchell's "All I Want"--we can safely say that the pop tunes that have dotted previous albums were less stylistic departures than indicators of her formative influences. Still, thanks to their limited harmonic potential, it's easier to embrace pop classics than to make them work as jazz. Aside from a few scatted lines, Allyson makes no obvious attempts to jazzify the material. Rather, she reveals her improviser's gift by craftily playing with the melodic lines--here holding back, there stunting her phrasing--and trusts in the smoky clarity of her voice to carry tunes in more straightforward fashion. Sometimes her delivery is too reverent, and there's nothing she or arranger Gil Goldstein can do to overcome the kitsch of songs like "Feel Like Makin' Love" or the certain cloying nostalgia to the overall concept. But Allyson deserves a wider following and if this is one way for her to get it--before returning to what she does best--who's to complain? --Lloyd Sachs Similar CDsSimilarly Requested CDs
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CD ReviewsIt takes a few listenings Jim | Richmond, VA United States | 09/17/2004 (4 out of 5 stars) "Karrin Allyson is as the NY Times says a "gifted" vocalist and this CD proves it. Her greatest strength is the melancholy standard. Her "Too Young to Go Steady" (on an earlier CD) reinvented that song. Like any true artist, she likes to stretch her wings. On many of her CDs she makes admirable attempts to sing the blues, but she isn't convincing as a blues singer. In this new CD she brings fresh air to oldish standards. These are not covers. They are attempts to make oldish songs new. In most songs she succeeds, but in others the attempt comes close to reinvention but fails. My sense is that she and her record company need to capitalize on her strength with the sad song and stop trying to make her into something she isn't. In the end what audiences long for is authenticity. Nevertheless I like this CD and find it something different from re-warmed, tired, jazz standards, and therefore refreshing. If you have the chance to see Karrin Allyson sing in person I urge you to do it. She is an aluring performer just coming into her own." A divine singer, but not her best work Swamp Dog | Our Nation's Capital, USA | 05/06/2005 (3 out of 5 stars) "I read through the other reviewers comments, and I agree with them for the most part. The Joni Mitchell covers, in my opinion, are the most lively, and show obvious love and reverence for the material. And they swing. Joni Mitchell is such a distinctive artist, she is very hard to cover, and Karrin pulls it off. "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" . . actually would not have been out of place on one of Karrin's earlier recordings. But, I agree that most of the material is pretty tired, and it if I never heard the original of "It's too late" or "Wild World" again, it would be too soon. So covers of these songs are pretty painful to listen to. My main reason for the review . . is to plug Karrin's CD 'Ballads', which is a masterpiece, brilliantly conceived and executed. If you want to own one Karrin Allyson CD, buy that one. It's dark and dreamy . . . and accomplishes what many would have thought impossible . . . a vocal artist's homage to John Coltrane. " An Offer You Couldn't Refuse Lee Armstrong | Winterville, NC United States | 11/01/2004 (4 out of 5 stars) "Karrin Allyson's "Wild for You" is an excellent set of fairly familiar pop gems given a creative twist. The opener is probably my very favorite as Allyson has a natural affinity for Joni Mitchell's work. The excitement comes through with Gil Goldstein's insouciant piano punching at the melody as Karrin sighs & sways. Born in Great Bend, Kansas, Allyson bases out of Kansas City. Her second Mitchell track comes from the "Court & Spark" period with the lovely "Help Me," where Mitchell herself began to experiment more with jazz inflections. Allyson communicates the excitement as she quivers on, "I think I'm falling in love too fast." On Melissa Manchester's "I Got Eyes," Allyson is full of sass & swagger, "I want to smother my bad a*s lover with kisses to make him wise, an offer you couldn't refuse." Jimmy Webb's "The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress" has been covered so often that it qualifies as a bona fide standard. Allyson expresses an exquisite sadness through the lyric, "The moon a phantom rose through the mountains & the pines." Allyson does a thorough remake on Carly Simon's "Mind on My Man," making it her own. She is equally successful on Simon's "The Right Thing to Do," making the track contemplative. The last two tracks of songs made famous by Roberta Flack finish this set in fine fashion. "Wild for You" is an excellent set by this fine Kansas City singer, an offer you shouldn't refuse. Enjoy!"
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