alison_o'donnell_(musician) | genre | jazz <tsp> jazz | stylisticorigin | blues <tsp> jazz | instrument | clarinet <tsp> jazz | derivative | funk <tsp> jazz | musicfusiongenre | afrobeat <sep> alison o'donnell (born 5 october 1952) is an irish musician, solo and band singer-songwriter born alison bools in dublin to an english mother and irish father, raised in dalkey and educated at holy child killiney 
the musical genre afrobeat is a fusion genre and contains elements of other genres such as jazz which is also the origin of funk. alison o donnell plays jazz music which stylistically comes from the blues and uses the clarinet.no information