Mose John Allison Jr. (November 11, 1927 – November 15, 2016) was an American

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and

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pianist, singer, and songwriter. He became notable for playing a unique mix of blues and modern jazz, both singing and playing piano. After moving to New York in 1956, he worked primarily in jazz settings, playing with jazz musicians like

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, and

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, along with producing numerous recordings. He is described as having been "one of the finest songwriters in 20th-century blues."Bogdanov, Vladimir; Woodstra, Chris, eds. (2003). ''All Music Guide to the Blues: The Definitive Guide to the Blues''. Hal Leonard. p. 7. His songs were strongly dependent on evoking moods, with his individualistic, "quirky", and subtle ironic humor.Komara, Edward; Lee, Peter, eds. (2006). ''The Blues Encyclopedia''. Routledge. p. 22. His writing influence on R&B had well-known fans recording his songs, among them

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, who recorded his "

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" for

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's ''

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'' album in 1970.

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was one of dozens who recorded his classic, "

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used many of Allison's songs. Others who recorded his songs included

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("I'm Smashed") and

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("Everybody's Cryin' Mercy"). The 1980s saw an increase in his popularity with new fans drawn to his unique blend of modern jazz. In the 1990s he began recording more consistently.

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and

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collaborated with him on a tribute album, ''Tell Me Something: The Songs of Mose Allison''. The

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wrote the song "Allison" as a tribute. Allison's music had an important influence on other artists, such as

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, J. J. Cale,

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, and

. He was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame in 2006.

Early life

Allison was born in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi on his grandfather's farm (known as "the Island"), located outside the small unincorporated community of Tippo. The farm got the name, according to Allison, "because Tippo Bayou encircles it." He took piano lessons at 5, picked cotton, played piano in grammar school and trumpet in high school,Feather, Leonard; Gitler, Ira (2007). ''The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz''. Oxford University Press. p. 14. and wrote his first song at 13. Allison attended the

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for a while and then enlisted in the U.S. Army for two years. Shortly after

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out, he enrolled at

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(LSU), from which he graduated in 1952 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English with a minor in philosophy. Allison received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from LSU in 2008.

Career

In 1956, Allison moved to New York City and launched his jazz career, performing with artists such as

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, and

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. His debut album, '' Back Country Suite'', was issued by

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in 1957. He formed his own trio in 1958, with

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on bass and

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on drums. In 1959, he released a single " The Seventh Son" on one side and "

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" on the other side. It was not until 1963 that his record label allowed him to release an album entirely of vocals. Entitled ''Mose Allison Sings'', it was a compilation of songs from his previous Prestige albums that paid tribute to artists, including

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(" The Seventh Son", the first track the album), the Mojo Triangle: Sonny Boy Williamson ("Eyesight to the Blind"), and

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("That's All Right"). However, an original composition, with no connection other than the same title to "Bukka" White's 1940 "Parchman Farm", on the album brought him the most attention: "Parchman Farm". For more than two decades, "Parchman Farm" was his most requested song. He dropped it from his playlist in the 1980s partly because some critics felt it was

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, but also, he specified, because, "You go to the Mississippi Delta and there are no cotton sacks. It's all machines and chemicals." Allison in 2007 Prestige tried to market Allison as a pop star, but

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tried to market him as a

artist. Because he sang blues, '' Jet'' magazine thought that he was black and wanted to interview him. His album ''

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'', released in March 2010, was his first after a 12-year absence from the recording studio. In 2012, Allison was honored with a marker on the

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in his hometown of Tippo. On January 14, 2013, he was named a Jazz Master by the

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, the nation's highest honor in jazz, in a ceremony at

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in New York. Allison wrote some 150 songs. His performances were described as being "delivered in a casual conversational way with a melodic southern accented tone that has a pitch and range ideally suited to his idiosyncratic phrasing, laconic approach and ironic sense of humour."

Influence and legacy

It was said that Allison was a social critic before

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and a music satirist before

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. His music influenced many

and rock artists, including

, J. J. Cale,

(who made "Young Man Blues" a staple of their live performances), and

, who described him as "more important than Bob Dylan".

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recorded a version of his song "Parchman Farm" on their debut album, as did

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. The Yardbirds and

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both recorded versions of his song "I'm Not Talking".

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also recorded a version for the BBC.

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s, keyboardist for the band Jethro Tull, was influenced by Allison's piano playing, which he described as "so deceptively simple and impressive." Allison helped open the "blues' racial divide, proving that a white man from rural Mississippi could hold his own in a traditionally black genre." The effort proved difficult, which he described in the lyrics of "Ever Since I Stole the Blues", one of his most famous songs: ''"Well the blues police from down in Dixieland / Tried to catch me with the goods on hand / Ever since the white boy stole the blues."'' His song "Look Here" was covered by

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on their album ''

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''.

covered Allison's song "Smashed!" on his album ''Stop All That Jazz''. Allison performed with

, Georgie Fame, and

on the album '' Tell Me Something: The Songs of Mose Allison''.

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recorded "Everybody's Cryin' Mercy" for his album ''

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'' and "Your Mind Is on Vacation" for ''

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'' (bonus tracks).

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, of the Belgian music act Vaya Con Dios, recorded "Mind on Vacation" for the album '' Roots and Wings''.

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, of the band the

, said that the song "Allison", from their album ''

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Retrieved April 1, 2008. The film '' The Whole Nine Yards'' begins with Allison's song "I Don't Worry About a Thing" during the opening credits.

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singer-songwriter Greg Brown wrote and performed the song "Mose Allison Played Here" for his 1997 album '' Slant 6 Mind''. The Dutch musician

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recorded several of Allison's songs, including "Going to the City", "Stop This World", "Back on the Corner", and "Swinging Machine". Brood's band Wild Romance was named from the line "I lost my mind in a wild romance" after hearing Mose Allison's recording (''Local Color'' album, 1957) of

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's 1951 song "Lost Mind". Allison received 3 Grammy nominations: in 1983 and 1988 for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male, and in 2001 for Best Jazz Vocal Album. In 2013, he was awarded the NEA Jazzmasters Award at Lincoln Center.

Personal life and death

Mose married his wife, Audre, in 1949. They lived in

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, on

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, where they raised four children, including a daughter,

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, who is a musician. Audre Allison said that when she first met Mose, "I could tell that he was someone who generated his own joy." She also said, "Mose has always paid attention to what is happening in the world, and has always read voraciously both past and present histories." Allison died November 15, 2016, four days after his 89th birthday, at his home in

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Political and cultural views

Allison was reported to have strong views about "the domination of money over everything, the growing lack of empathy on the part of the powers-that-be for the population, wars and more wars, and an underlying hypocrisy in society" and the arrogance of colonizers of the Americas.

Discography

As leader

Compilations

*1963 : ''Mose Allison Sings'' (Prestige 7279), reissued as ''Seventh Son'' (Prestige 10052), 1973; released on CD as ''Greatest Hits'' (OJC 6004) in 1988; a " Rudy Van Gelder Remasters" edition (Concord 30011) was released with three additional tracks in 2006 *1966 : ''Down Home Piano'' (Prestige 7423; CD reissue: OJC 922, 1997) *1967 : ''Mose Allison Plays for Lovers'' (Prestige 7446) *1970 : '' The Best of Mose Allison'' (Atlantic 1542), released on CD with eight additional tracks in 1988 *1971 : ''Retrospective'' (Columbia C-30564) *1972 : ''Mose Allison'' (Prestige 24002), Sides A & B previously released in Prestige 7091 - "Back County Suite" Recorded 3/7/57, Sides C & D previously released in Prestige 7121 - "Local Color" Recorded 11/8/57 *1994 : '' Allison Wonderland: The Mose Allison Anthology'' ( Rhino R2-71689, two-CD set) *1994 : ''High Jinks! The Mose Allison Trilogy'' (Columbia/Epic/Legacy J3K-64275, three-CD set containing all the material from Columbia CS-8240, Columbia CS-8365, Epic BA-17031, plus six previously unreleased tracks) *1997 : ''Jazz Profile: Mose Allison'' (Blue Note 55230) *2010 : ''Mose Allison: The Collection'' (Floating World/Retro World FLOATM-6068, two-CD set) *2014 : ''The Mose Allison Collection 1956–1962'' (Acrobat ACQCD-7078, four-CD set) *2015 : ''Seven Classic Albums'' (Real Gone Jazz RGJCD-472, four-CD set containing all the material from ''Back Country Suite'', ''Local Color'', ''Young Man Mose'', ''Ramblin' With Mose'', ''Creek Bank'', ''Autumn Song'' ll Prestige and ''I Love the Life I Live'' olumbia *2016 : ''I’m Not Talkin’: The Song Stylings of Mose Allison 1957–1972'' (BGP/Beat Goes Public CDBGPD-304) *2021 : ''The Complete Atlantic/Elektra Albums 1962-1983'' (Strawberry Music QCRJAMBOX 003, six-CD set includes 10 studio and 2 live albums)

As sideman

With

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'', with

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CRL-57118, 1956) *''

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(Coral CRL-57171, 1957) *'' Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note'', with Zoot Sims,

(

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'', with Zoot Sims and Cecil "Kid Haffey" Collier (vocals on three of the eight tracks) (Fred Miles Presents FM-1, 1961; Zim ZMS-2002, 1976) With

*'' The Soft Swing'' (Verve MGV-8321, 1957, released 1959)

References

External links

* *
Concert review at allaboutjazz.com
(February 11, 2005)
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Los Angeles Citybeat, Mose Allison InterviewOfficial IBis Recordings website for "Mose Allison American Legend Live in California"
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