Even by the standards of an admirably restless artist, Karrin Allyson’s 2014 concert at the Folly Theater was a startling surprise. She traded swing-based jazz and interpretations of Brazilian standards for straightforward adult pop. (I reviewed the concert for The Kansas City Star.) Allyson returned to a jazz orientation the subsequent times she’s performed in her former hometown of Kansas City. I was beginning to think I’d fabricated the tone of the 2014 concert out of whole cloth. Her latest album Some of That Sunshine indicates I’m not crazy. Released six months ago, the project documents Allyson’s intriguing foray into the sophisticated realm of sophisticated singer-songwriters like Judy Collins, Shawn Colvin and James Taylor. Her 13 original compositions sound as if they belong on the impeccably curated playlist of an urbane coffee shop.
(Original image of Karrin Allyson and Houston Person performing at the Gem Theater in 2015 by Plastic Sax.)
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