alison_o'donnell_(musician) | genre | jazz <tsp> jazz | stylisticorigin | blues <tsp> jazz | stylisticorigin | folk_music <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 
funk is a derivative of jazz which originates from the blues and has its stylistic origins in folk music. afrobeat is a musical genre fusion including jazz as played by alison o donnell.alison o'donnell is an irish musician and solo and band singer-songwriter