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Article: Live Review

Mose Allison at Yoshi's

Read "Mose Allison at Yoshi's" reviewed by Forrest Dylan Bryant


Is there any living jazz artist so utterly, comprehensively American as Mose Allison? His melting-pot piano style, which seamlessly combines the sounds of back country and big city; his carefree, everyman way of singing; his sly cynicism -- these are all reflections of the national character, and the basis of his five decades of popularity.Allison ...

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Article: Interview

Mose Allison: Substance and Style

Read "Mose Allison: Substance and Style" reviewed by R.J. DeLuke


The music of Mose Allison, the slick hipster from the Mississippi delta, never fails to get at least a wry, knowing smile from listeners, if not outright laughter--on CD or live in a nightclub. Those that know his work--and that audience is growing, he says--are attracted to his simple, bluesy style as well as ...

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Article: Book Review

Swing It: An Annotated History of Jive

Read "Swing It: An Annotated History of Jive" reviewed by R.J. DeLuke


Swing It: An Annotated History of Jive Bill Milkowski ISBN: 0823076717 Billboard Books2001 The history of jazz music is rich with characters, “scenes,” stages in music development and musical progress—all peppered with its own mythology.One feature of the jazz world over the years is ...

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Greatest Hits: The Prestige Collection

Label: Prestige Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. Seventh Son 2. Eyesight to the Blind 3. Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me 4. Lost Mind 5. I've Got a Right to Cry 6. Baby, Let Me Hold Your Hand 7. Parchman Farm 8. If You Live 9. Don't Get Around Much Anymore 10. One Room Country Shack 11. I Hadn't Anyone Till You 12. Young Man's Blues 13. That's All Right 14. Blueberry Hill [*] 15. Trouble in Mind [*] 16. Creek Bank [*]

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Mose Allison: Greatest Hits: The Prestige Collection

Read "Greatest Hits: The Prestige Collection" reviewed by AAJ Staff


From Tippo, Mississippi to the tip of jazz’s pantheon, Mose Allison has had one of the genre’s most enduring and beloved careers. Now well into his golden years, the honey and chickoree-voiced storyteller continues to reminisce about his beloved South. Among the prevalent themes on this gently sparkling collection are the infamous 12-foot cotton sack and ...

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Swingin' Machine

Label: Blue Note
Released: 2002

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I've Been Doin' Some Thinkin'

Label: Blue Note
Released: 2002

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Article: Album Review

Mose Allison: The Mose Chronicles: Live In London, Volume 2

Read "The Mose Chronicles: Live In London, Volume 2" reviewed by Jim Santella


“Tell me something that I don’t know,” sings Mose Allison on one of his tongue-in-cheek originals. Twelve more of his songs and several familiar standards comprise Volume 2 from his recent London appearance. Recorded just over two years ago at the Pizza Express, Allison added guitar for this set. Quirky and original, the singer/pianist carries on ...

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The Mose Chronicles - Live In London, Volume 2

Label: Blue Note
Released: 2001
Track listing: Just Like Livin'; Lucky So & So; Swinging Machine; Tell Me Something; Molecular Structure; One Of These Days; Your Mind Is On Vacation; Baby Please Don't Go; Fool's Paradise; City Home; Going To The City; Days Like This; Wild Man On The Loose; Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me; Foolkiller; Don't Forget To Smile; You Can Count On Me To Do My Part;

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The Mose Chronicles - Live In London, Volume 1

Label: Blue Note
Released: 2001
Track listing: Excursion And Interlude; No Trouble Livin'; I Ain't Got Nothing But The Blues; Everybody's Cryin' Mercy; Meet Me At No Special Place; If You Only Knew; Middle Class White Boy; You Are My Sunshine; What's Your Movie; How Much Truth; Ever Since The World Ended; You Call It Jogging; Trouble In Mind; I'm Not Talking; I Feel So Good; Since I Fell For You; The Seventh Son; Hello There Universe; What Do You Do After...; Gettin' There; I Love The Life I Live (I Live The Life I Love); Finale;


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