Jazz

Karrin Allyson: Ballads: Remembering John Coltrane

I am listening to The John Coltrane Quartet's Ballads as I write this piece. I have never considered Coltrane a player of "pretty music." Where Charlie Parker was "just looking for the pretty notes" ...
Northcountrypublicradio.org

John Coltrane: 'Ballads'

"Falling in love music." That is how jazz commentator Murray Horwitz describes John Coltrane's sensual 1962 album, Ballads. The 2002 re-release of... John Coltrane: 'Ballads' [MUSIC] MURRAY HORWITZ, ...
Time

Music: Ballads: Remembering John Coltrane

Some great ideas are so obvious that nobody thinks to carry them out. Songbird Karrin Allyson, for example, is the first jazz vocalist ever to record a CD devoted to the songs performed by master ...
New York Sun

Even as the Birthdays Pile Up, the Coltrane Tributes Never Get Old

If you ask people whether they like Duke Ellington or Louis Armstrong, the answers are bound to be straightforward — and almost certainly involve “yes.” Ask whether they like the music of John ...
The New Yorker

“Both Directions at Once,” Reviewed: The Thrills—and Limits—of a Rediscovered John Coltrane Recording

It’s big news that a previously unknown recording by John Coltrane, one that was believed to have been lost, has been found and is being issued on Friday, by Impulse! Records. That recording, “Both ...
Jazz

Karrin Allyson: Ballads: Remembering John Coltrane

After 20 years of working as a singer originally in Minneapolis and primarily in Kansas City, Karrin Allyson has recorded the album her fans have awaited... ..the album that no doubt will expand her ...