St. Paul Pioneer Press
By Dan Emerson
November 17, 2017
♬ ♪ ♬ ♪ ♬ ♪ ♬ ♪ ♬ ♪ ♬ ♪ ♬ ♪ ♬ ♪ ♬ ♪ ♬ ♪ ♬
City Pages
By Rick Mason
Recommended: Karrin Allyson
Nov. 28, 7 p.m.
$50
This event brings together a world-class jazz singer with strong local ties, a stellar band featuring some of the finest local jazz musicians, and a worthy cause aimed at preserving historic jazz archives and honoring the legacy of a jazz broadcast legend. The singer is Karrin Allyson, who launched her career here and in Kansas City. Her sly vocals, enchanting arrangements, and interpretative magic have given fresh perspective to jazz and pop standards, Brazilian samba, French chanson, and Broadway classics, the last on her newest album, Many a New Day, featuring the compositions of Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein. The band is pianist Laura Caviani, bassist Gordy Johnson, and drummer Phil Hey. And the cause is the Leigh Kamman Legacy Project, which protects and shares the work of the late, beloved jazz broadcaster, including decades of interviews with hundreds of jazz greats. Hosting will be Kamman’s friend, composer, conductor, and fellow broadcaster Bill McLaughlin, host of numerous radio programs, including St. Paul Sunday and Exploring Music.
♬ ♪ ♬ ♪ ♬ ♪ ♬ ♪ ♬ ♪ ♬ ♪ ♬ ♪ ♬ ♪ ♬ ♪ ♬ ♪ ♬
Minneapolis Star Tribune
By Britt Robson
November 20, 2017
The week's best Twin Cities jazz
Allyson for Kamman
Vocalist Karrin Allyson was galvanized spunk guest-starring on pianist Laura Caviani's "Mysterious Thelonious" album release in Hopkins last month. Now she's back in town to help the Leigh Kamman Legacy Project, dedicated to preserving and showcasing the interviews, recordings and writings of Kamman, perhaps the greatest advocate for jazz among non-musicians in Minnesota history. Allyson's friend Caviani will be on the piano, alongside the august rhythm section of Gordy Johnson and Phil Hey. (7 p.m. Tue., Dakota, Mpls., $50, dakotacooks.com)
♬ ♪ ♬ ♪ ♬ ♪ ♬ ♪ ♬ ♪ ♬ ♪ ♬ ♪ ♬ ♪ ♬ ♪ ♬ ♪ ♬
JazzInk
By Andrea Canter
November 2, 2017
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, November 2017
Tuesday, November 28. If you need more than one good reason to hear Karrin Allyson at the Dakota tonight, here you go-- this gig is a fund raiser for the Leigh Kamman Legacy Project, committed to archiving and distributing the interviews and other radio gems of the late Leigh Kamman and his Jazz Image. Karrin's band is noteworthy on its own--Laura Caviani, Gordy Johnson and Phil Hey.
♬ ♪ ♬ ♪ ♬ ♪ ♬ ♪ ♬ ♪ ♬ ♪ ♬ ♪ ♬ ♪ ♬ ♪ ♬ ♪ ♬
Rhythm and Grooves
By Larry Englund
November 22, 2017
Musical Traditions: 11.22 – 11.28
Tuesday, Nov 28
Karrin Allyson @ The Dakota, Minneapolis. 7pm ($50) This is a benefit for The Leigh Kamman Legacy Project, which preserves and shares the vast archive of audio, visual, and written resources, including hundreds of recorded interviews of legendary broadcaster Leigh Kamman. Allyson, who lived here for a while early in her career, will be accompanied by a great rhythm section: pianist Laura Caviani; bassist Gordy Johnson, and drummer Phil Hey.
♬ ♪ ♬ ♪ ♬ ♪ ♬ ♪ ♬ ♪ ♬ ♪ ♬ ♪ ♬ ♪ ♬ ♪ ♬ ♪ ♬
