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Karrin Allyson: Looking for hope in heartbreak

Justin Steyer
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KPLU

Relive last week’s studio session with vocalist/pianist, Karrin Allyson, who was joined by guitarist Rod Fleeman.

Karrin has just released a CD called Round Midnight, which explores heartbreak. The first song she performed in this studio session was Paul Simon’s April Come She Will, from the new CD.

“Choosing the material [for the CD] was challenging because, yes, they are heartbreak tunes but there’s always a tinge of hope … and life,” she told KPLU jazz host Dick Stein after the first song.

And it’s that tinge of hope that makes the cumulative affect of Round Midnight uplifting rather than saddening.

The duo also performed Bill Evans’ Turn Out The Stars and Charlie Chaplin’s Smile (video below)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCvoxlv755A

Between songs she and Dick discussed the craft of songwriting and the relationship between acting and singing. 

It’s a lovely set of songs from one of the world’s finest jazz singers and one of our all-time favorite studio guests, Karrin Allyson.

Dick Stein joined KNKX in January 1992. He retired in 2020 after three decades on air. During his storied radio career, he hosted the morning jazz show, co-hosted and produced "Food for Thought" with Nancy Leson and wrote and directed the Jimmy Jazzoid live radio musical comedies and 100 episodes of Jazz Kitchen.
Nick began working at KNKX as a program host in the late 1980’s and, except for a relatively brief hiatus, spent the next three decades with the station. He worked as a jazz and blues host, music director and production manager. Nick retired from KNKX in 2024.