One of the great jazz singers of the past few decades, Karrin Allyson has always been versatile, able to stretch from bop to bossa-novas to folk and pop whether singing in English, Portuguese, French or Italian while swinging and making it all look easy.

On this version of Antonio Carlos Jobim’s “Little Boat,” she is in fine form while joined by guitarist Danny Embrey, pianist Frank Chastenier, bassist John Goldsby, and drummer Gregg Field, bringing out the beauty in Jobim’s melody.

-Scott Yanow