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Swing It: An Annotated History of Jive

by R.J. DeLuke
March 8, 2004

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

By Mose Allison

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

by AAJ Staff
January 17, 2003

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

By Mose Allison

Label: Blue Note
Released: 2002

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I've Been Doin' Some Thinkin'

By Mose Allison

Label: Blue Note
Released: 2002

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

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

by Jim Santella
February 1, 2002

“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 1

By Mose Allison

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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The Mose Chronicles - Live In London, Volume 2

By Mose Allison

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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Mose Allison: The Mose Chronicles - Live In London, Vol. 1

Read "The Mose Chronicles - Live In London, Vol. 1" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
April 1, 2001

With fifty-plus years of performance behind him, the 73 year-old Mose Allison continues to perform 125 shows per year. The Mississippi-born pianist traveled to New York in 1951, but his music has never left the Delta. His brand of blues-inflected jazz was first inspired by Louis Jordan and his piano trio has been heavily influenced by ...

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Mose Allison: The Mose Chronicles Volume One

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by AAJ Staff
February 1, 2001

Mose Allison is amazing. The pianist/singer/songwriter has now been plying his craft for 50 years, and this first volume of The Mose Chronicles, which documents a January 2000 trio gig in London, shows no diminution of his powers. Start with his piano playing: His ambling runs on “Entruption,” which opens the disc, have the suave rhythmic ...