49th Annual GRAMMY Nominee for Best Jazz Vocal Album
Jazz / Vocal; Vocal Jazz
Recorded: Sept 24-Oct 18, 2005
Karrin Allyson - vocals
Jon Hendricks - vocals
Nancy King - vocals
Frank Wess - flute, tenor saxophone
Nick Phillips - trumpet
Bruce Barth - piano, Fender Rhodes piano
Peter Washington - upright bass
Todd Strait - drums
Singer Karrin Allyson has never been satisfied merely to repeat herself. With Footprints, her tenth Concord Jazz CD, she fulfills the dream of recording with two of her vocal heroes - Jon Hendricks and Nancy King - while illustrating that she too is undeniably one of today’s most distinctive and masterful jazz vocal stylists. The album also introduces Chris Caswell, whose literate, inventive new lyrics bring fresh perspectives to several of the modern jazz perennials featured herein. With a spirit that is, by turns, ebullient and affecting, Footprints shows Karrin Allyson to be a pacesetter among contemporary jazz singers. |
