Mose Allison

Mose Allison - High Jinks! The Mose Allison Trilogy (1994) {Super Rare OOP 3 CD Legacy Box Set J3K 64275 rec 1959-1961}
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© 1959-61, 1994 Columbia / Epic / Legacy / Sony Music | J3K 64275
Jazz / Hard Bop / Jazz Blues / Piano

Three formerly rare Mose Allison albums originally cut for Columbia and Epic (Transfiguration of Hiram Brown, I Love The Life I Live and V-8 Ford Blues) are reissued in full on this attractive three-CD set plus six previously unreleased numbers. During this period (which dates between his associations with the Prestige and Atlantic labels), Mose Allison was making the transition from being a pianist-vocalist to a vocalist-pianist. He sings on roughly half the selections including "Baby, Please Don't Go," "'Deed I Do," "Fool's Paradise" and "I Love The Life I Live." The instrumentals (which also feature Addison Farmer, Henry Grimes, Bill Crow or Aaron Bell on bass and Jerry Segal, Paul Motian, Gus Johnson or Osie Johnson on drums) are highlighted by the interesting eight-song "Hiram Brown Suite." Mose Allison fans will want to go out of their way to get this set.

Mose Allison - Mose Allison Sings (1959) {2006 Prestige RVG Remasters Series}
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© 1959, 2006 Prestige / Concord | 888072300118 | Prestige RVG Remaster Series | PRLP 7279
Jazz / Hard Bop / Jazz Blues / Piano / Vocal Jazz

“I was the engineer on the recording sessions and I also made the masters for the original LP issues of these albums. Since the advent of the CD, other people have been making the masters. Mastering is the final step in the process of creating the sound of the finished product. Now, thanks to the folks at the Concord Music Group who have given me the opportunity to remaster these albums, I can present my versions of the music on CD using modern technology. I remember the sessions well, I remember how the musicians wanted to sound, and I remember their reactions to the playbacks. Today, I feel strongly that I am their messenger.” Rudy Van Gelder

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."

Mose Allison - Ramblin' With Mose (1958) {Prestige OJCCD-1109-2 rel 2005}
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© 1958, 2005 Prestige / Concord | OJCCD-1109-2
Jazz / Jazz Blues / Bebop / Piano

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 Stan Getz, Al Cohn and Zoot Sims.

Mose Allison - I Don't Worry About A Thing / Mose Alive! (1962-65) {Atlantic-Collectables COL-CD-6261 rel 1999}
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© 1962-65, 1999 Atlantic / Collectables Jazz Classics | COL-CD-6261
Jazz / Hard Bop / Jazz Blues / Piano Trio

In 1999, Collectables released I Don't Worry About a Thing/Mose Alive!, which contained two complete albums – I Don't Worry About a Thing (1962, originally released on Atlantic) and Mose Alive! (1965, originally released on Atlantic) – by Mose Allison on one compact disc.

Mose Allison - The Mose Chronicles: Live In London, Vol. 2 (2002) {Blue Note 7243 5 29748 2 5}
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© 2002 Blue Note | 7243 5 29748 2 5
Jazz / Hard Bop / Jazz Blues / Vocal Jazz / Piano

The second volume drawn from Mose Allison's January 2000 run at London's Pizza Express presents the artist in a professional, if relaxed, form. Volume one was billed as an in-concert look at Allison's early, oft-covered material, but actually included a healthy number of selections from his prime later-career output. This second installment comes closer to that stated goal, as every single song dates back to the '50s and '60s. As a result, it's even more remarkable that Allison finds ways to make them sound vital and fresh; "Tell Me Something" features a piano solo that's alternately gentle and dramatic, while "Just Like Livin'" is revealed as an underappreciated summation of Allison's lyrical outlook.