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 9-10 June, 1993 and at Soundtrek, Kansas City, Missouri, on 9 September 1993. The record was released on March 1, 1994 via Concord Jazz label.[3]
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."
Track listing
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| 1. | "One Note Samba" | Jon Hendricks, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça | 3:40 |
| 2. | "I Cover the Waterfront" | Johnny Green, Edward Heyman | 5:56 |
| 3. | "Can't We Be Friends?" | Paul James, Kay Swift | 3:28 |
| 4. | "Yeh! Yeh!" | Jon Hendricks, Pat Patrick | 4:20 |
| 5. | "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" | Charles Mingus | 5:22 |
| 6. | "No Moon at All" | Redd Evans, Dave Mann | 4:19 |
| 7. | "Sweet Home Cookin' Man" | Karrin Allyson | 6:11 |
| 8. | "You Are Too Beautiful" | Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers | 5:34 |
| 9. | "Social Call" | Gigi Gryce, Jon Hendricks | 4:46 |
| 10. | "Dindi" | Ray Gilbert, Antônio Carlos Jobim | 8:02 |
| 11. | "In a Sentimental Mood" | Duke Ellington, Manny Kurtz, Irving Mills | 5:28 |
| 12. | "I Love Paris" | Cole Porter | 3:27 |
| Total length: | 01:00:33 |
