Results for "Mose Allison"

I'm Not Downhearted But I'm Gettin' There

Featuring the music of Mose Allison
Duration: 5:14
November 11, 2007

Mose Allison Sings

By Mose Allison

Label: Prestige Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: The Seventh Son; Eyesight to the Blind; Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me; Lost Mind; I've Got a Right to Cry; Baby, Let Me Hold Your Hand; Parchman Farm; If You Live; Don't Get Around Much Anymore; One Room Country Shack; I Hadn't Anyone Till You; Young Man's Blues; That's Alright; Blueberry Hill; Trouble in Mind; Creek Bank.

Introducing Mose Allison

By Mose Allison

Label: Blue Note
Released: 2006

Ramblin' with Mose

By Mose Allison

Label: Prestige Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: I Got a Right to Cry; Old Devil Moon; The Minstrels; You Belong to Me; Stranger in Paradise; The Kissin� Bug; Ramble; Saritha; Old Maj John; Ingenue.

Mose Allison: Mose Allison Sings

by Riel Lazarus
November 16, 2006

Working through Prestige Records' reissue of Mose Allison Sings, the challenge arises of describing the pianist/vocalist's unique sound. The salty-sweet taste of butter and jam on toast is at once an unspectacular metaphor and right on the mark. Allison's music is a delicious blend of tart and tang, as enjoyable in the morning ...

Mose Allison: Mose Allison Sings

by Jim Santella
October 21, 2006

There's nobody else quite like Mose Allison. Try to think of a musician who even comes close. He's so unique that we all know from the very start who we're listening to. And nobody else can fill that niche. But Allison didn't start out as a singer. He was Stan Getz's pianist in 1956-57, and he ...

Mose Allison: Mose Allison Sings

by Victor Verney
September 16, 2006

At first glance, Mose Allison Sings might seem to be just another reissued jazz recording from the 1950s. Like most CDs of this ilk, it has been digitally remastered and has additional “bonus" tracks now possible without the space limitations of vinyl records. A cynic might use the term “old wine in new bottles" to characterize ...

Mose Allison: Ramblin' with Mose

by Joel Roberts
March 17, 2006

Through a career spanning a half-century, Mose Allison has been known mostly for his bluesy hipster vocals and comical compositions like “Your Mind is on Vacation, But Your Mouth is Working Overtime. But he's also a fine bebop-flavored pianist who even spent time back in the '50s in the rhythm sections of such jazz titans as ...

Mose Allison at Yoshi's

by Forrest Dylan Bryant
February 11, 2005

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 ...

Mose Allison: Substance and Style

by R.J. DeLuke
March 13, 2004

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 ...