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Jackie Allen, Tangled - You'll Never Learn
Jackie Allen Quintet - Rose Fingered Dawn
My Favorite Color - Jackie Allen
1 When Will I Ever Learn  
2 Coal Grey Eyes  
3 You're Nearer  
4 If I Had  
5 Tangled  
6 Slip  
7 You'll Never Learn  
8 Everything I've Got Belongs To You  
9 Hot Stone Soup  
10 Do Wrong Shoes  
11 Solitary Moon  
12 Living Without You  
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Blue Note Records debut-and eighth CD. Allen joins a stable of pioneering female vocalists: Cassandra Wilson, Norah Jones,
Patricia Barber, Dianne Reeves Soundscapes that pay homage to standards and originals

Crossing over for a singer whose foundation resounds jazz was a relatively rare phenomenon back in 1994 when Jackie Allen recorded her debut album, Never Let Me Go. However, that didn't dissuade her from finding common ground between the jazz and pop music worlds. Twelve years later, with Tangled, her remarkable Blue Note Records debut-and eighth CD overall-Allen continues to explore soundscapes that pay homage to both standby and contemporary standards while crafting originals that richly complement the covers. With Blue Note, Allen joins a stable of pioneering female vocalists-Cassandra Wilson, Norah Jones, Patricia Barber, Dianne Reeves-who appeal to both adult-oriented music camps.

"My tastes in music now are not that much different than when I began to record"," says Allen, who lives in Indiana and has a strong base in Chicago, "although I wasn't quite as adventurous then as I am now."

Writing in JazzTimes of her two earlier albums (2003's The Men in My Life and 2004's Love Is Blue, both on the now-defunct A440 label and that have been purchased by Blue Note), Christopher Loudon remarked, "As hybrids go, Allen is a rare breed. Her firm roots are clearly folk-rock...but they are wedded to a keen jazz sensibility." His assessment of Love Is Blue, which ranges from a tune associated with Frank Sinatra to a number by Annie Lennox? "Dazzling."

  • Bass meets voice featuring Hans Sturm and Jackie Allen, set for 'Live in Lincoln Music Series' / Lincoln Journal Star
    Posted At: August 11, 2023 12:00 AM
    Lincoln Journal Star writes…Jackie Allen (voice) and Hans Sturm (bass) met as students attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the early 1980s. Inspired by the voice/bass duos of Shelia Jordan and Arild Anderson, they began developing a duo repertoire of creative arrangements of standard jazz and popular tunes and original works. Over the past three decades, the duo has released several recordings ...
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  • The Ed Love Combo featuring: Jackie Allen set for 'First Friday Jazz' at First Lutheran Church / Longview News-Journal
    Posted At: October 30, 2022 12:00 AM
    The Longview News-Journal writes…..The Ed Love Combo, along with jazz vocalist Jackie Allen, will be the featured performers at the Nov. 4 First Friday Jazz concert from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Activity Center at First Lutheran Church, 1551 S. 70th St. Love has been a favorite performer at First Friday Jazz for many years. He will be joined by Tom Harvill on piano, Hans Sturm on bass and Justin Jones on dr...
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  • 'A Romantic Evening With Jackie Allen' is smokily seductive / Jazz Journal
    Posted At: March 4, 2020 12:00 AM

    Much of Jackie Allen's life and career has been spent in the mid-West. In Milwaukee she worked for a while in duo with organist Melvin Rhyne, sang regularly at the Wyndham Hotel, and also taught vocal jazz at the city's Wisconsin Conservatory of Music. She has also worked often in Chicago and some of her accompanists at this concert are from there. With her husband, bassist Hans Sturm, she is now residen...
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  • Jackie Allen brings her strong voice to the Meadowlark Festival for Hans Sturm's 'Love Birds' / Lincoln Journal Star
    Posted At: July 16, 2018 12:00 AM

    p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #606060} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #606060; min-height: 14.0px} The musical forces of the 2018 Meadowlark Festival gathered Sunday night at St Paul's United Methodist Church for the closing concert of the annual festivities. All artists of the festival brought music to the h...
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  • Jackie Allen is 'Tangled' in music
    Posted At: August 12, 2013 12:00 AM

    Crossing over for a singer whose foundation resounds jazz was a relatively rare phenomenon back in 1994 when Jackie Allen recorded her debut album, Never Let Me Go. However, that didn't dissuade her from finding common ground between the jazz and pop music worlds. Twelve years later, with Tangled, her remarkable Blue Note Records debut-and eighth CD overall-Allen continues to explore soundscapes that...
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