Sweet Home Cookin'

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.[3]

I Didn't Know About You
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)
I Didn't Know About You
(1994)
Azure-Té
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]

Reception

Scott Yanow of Allmusic awarded the album 4.5 stars out of five, stating: "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."[4]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."One Note Samba"Jon Hendricks, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça3:40
2."I Cover the Waterfront"Johnny Green, Edward Heyman5:56
3."Can't We Be Friends?"Paul James, Kay Swift3:28
4."Yeh! Yeh!"Jon Hendricks, Pat Patrick4:20
5."Goodbye Pork Pie Hat"Charles Mingus5:22
6."No Moon at All"Redd Evans, Dave Mann4:19
7."Sweet Home Cookin' Man"Karrin Allyson6:11
8."You Are Too Beautiful"Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers5:34
9."Social Call"Gigi Gryce, Jon Hendricks4:46
10."Dindi"Ray Gilbert, Antônio Carlos Jobim8:02
11."In a Sentimental Mood"Duke Ellington, Manny Kurtz, Irving Mills5:28
12."I Love Paris"Cole Porter3:27
Total length:01:00:33

Personnel

References

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