Sweet Home Cookin'

Sweet Home Cookin
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 1, 1994
RecordedJune 9–10, 1993, and September 9, 1993
StudioSage & Sound Recording, Hollywood, CA
Soundtrek, Kansas City, MO
GenreJazz
Length1:00:33
LabelConcord Jazz CCD-4593
ProducerDanny Embrey, Karrin Allyson
Karrin Allyson chronology
I Didn't Know About You
(1992)
Sweet Home Cookin
(1994)
Azure-Té
(1995)

Sweet Home Cookin' is the second studio album by American jazz singer Karrin Allyson. The album was recorded at Sage & Sound Recording, Hollywood, California on June 9–10, 1993, and at Soundtrek, Kansas City, Missouri, on September 9, 1993. The record was released on March 1, 1994, via Concord Jazz label.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]

Scott Yanow of AllMusic stated: "Karrin Allyson has a small and sometimes hoarse voice but she does so much with it that her bop session is easily recommended. Her all-star sextet ... has plenty of short solos on colorful charts by Alan Broadbent. Allyson sounds perfectly at ease, whether scatting on 'No Moon at All,' finding fresh melodic variations on 'I Cover the Waterfront,' or singing her original blues 'Sweet Home Cookin' Man.' She always swings." Doug Ramsey in his review for JazzTimes commented: "Although there is no evidence of strain or intonation problems in her voice, it loses body on some low notes, probably a consequence of aiming below her true range."[3]

Track listing

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Yanow, Scott. "Karrin Allyson I Didn't Know About You". AllMusic. allmusic.com. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (1999). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Oxford University Press. p. 23.
  3. ^ Ramsey, Doug (December 1994). "Karrin Allyson: Sweet Home Cookin'". JazzTimes. JazzTimes, Inc. Retrieved 2 March 2020.