AIMÉE ALLEN

With the upcoming release of her fifth CD, Wings Uncaged, the very talented jazz singer and songwriter Aimée Allen has made her most mature and original musical statement to date. She has always displayed warmth, creativity and swing in her singing while her songs have consistently been thought-provoking, expressing insights that are both contemporary and timeless. Wings Uncaged is filled with inventive reworkings of a few favorite standards along with five new and memorable originals, featuring Aimée Allen at the top of her form. A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Aimée remembers: “There was a lot of music at home. As a child, my mother sang around the house, so I did too. My brother played guitar and I played a bit of piano. I remember hearing classic jazz,, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan (my all-time favorite), Abbey Lincoln, Jobim, Astrud Gilberto, Al Jarreau, Pat Metheny, Betty Carter, Carmen McRae, and Nancy Wilson. read more...