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Mose Allison - Down Home Piano (1957-1959) {Prestige OJCCD-922-2 rel 1997}
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© 1957-59, 1997 Prestige / Fantasy / OJC | OJCCD-1892-2 / 00025218692229
Jazz / Hard Bop / Jazz Blues / Piano Trio

Although Mose Allison is perhaps best known for his enjoyably idiosyncratic vocal style, he is first and foremost a marvelous piano player with a unique style pitched somewhere between a New Orleans bordello and the rhythmic and harmonic experimentation of Thelonious Monk or Sun Ra. This well-chosen 1966 compilation (released after Allison had split for Atlantic Records) pulls together ten of his best instrumentals from four of his six Prestige albums, and it makes a strong case for Allison as one of the most inventive piano players and composers of his generation.

Mose Allison - Mose Allison (1957) {2007 Prestige Remastered}
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© 1957, 2007 Prestige / Concord / Universal | 0888072240025
Jazz / Hard Bop / Jazz Blues / Vocal Jazz / Piano

Mose Allison can interpret a familiar blues song in such a way that it becomes an exciting, new song. I never get tired of him. This two-LP set has the complete contents of Mose Allison's first two albums: Back Country Suite and Local Color. The former session is dominated by the interesting ten-song "Back Country Suite" but is most memorable for Allison's brief vocals on "Young Man Blues" (here called "Blue Blues") and "One Room Country Shack."

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Mose Allison - Local Color (1957) {Prestige 00025218645720 rel 2006}
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© 1957, 2006 Prestige / Fantasy / OJC | OJCCD-457-2 / 00025218645720
Jazz / Hard Bop / Jazz Blues / Piano

Local Color was Mose Allison's second of six Prestige recordings. Allison performs eight instrumentals in a trio with bassist Addison Farmer and drummer Nick Stabulas, displaying his unusual mixture of country blues and bebop, and even taking an effective trumpet solo on "Trouble in Mind." However, it is his vocals on "Lost Mind," and particularly the classic "Parchman Farm," that are most memorable.

This CD reissue brings back Mose Allison's second of six Prestige recordings. Allison performs eight instrumentals in a trio with bassist Addison Farmer and drummer Nick Stabulas, displaying his unusual mixture of country blues and bebop and even taking an effective trumpet solo on "Trouble In Mind." However it is his vocals on "Lost Mind" and particularly the classic "Parchman Farm" that are most memorable. ~ AllMusic