Karrin Allyson
USA
Born: 27 July 1963
Styles: Bop, Standards, Hard Bop, Traditional Pop, Vocal/Standards, Vocal Jazz, Mainstream Jazz, New Orleans/Classic Jazz, Crossover Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Fusion
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One of the more impressive jazz singers to emerge in the '90s, Karrin Allyson is a great scat singer but also highly expressive on ballads. Born in Great Bend, Kansas, Allyson grew up in Omaha, Nebraska and the San Francisco Bay Area -- during which time she began taking classical piano lessons, in addition to performing as a folksinger and in an all-female rock band, Tomboy. 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, a locale A...
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