The Sage

Mose Allison - The Sage Of Tippo (1998) {2CD Set, Atlantic–32 Jazz 32068 rec 1961-1968}
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© 1961-68, 1998 Atlantic / 32 Jazz | 32068
Jazz / Blues / Hard Bop / Jazz Blues / Vocal Jazz / Piano

As someone once said, Mose Allison songs are like haiku – each very much like another, and yet each with their own qualities. So you can pretty much get any Mose album, and get a fair sampling. There are a few outliers: his 50s albums only had one or two vocals per album, but this collection is past that. Swinging Machine has horns, and that is included here. Western Man and Middle-Class White Boy favored electric piano, but neither of those are here. Down-home jazzy piano, wry lyrics, easy-going vocals, and an attentive rhythm section – that's basically any Mose album from 1960 onward, and four of them are here.