MOSE ALLISON

Hard Bop / Post Bop / Pop/Art Song/Folk • United States
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Not unlike his namesake, Luther Allison, pianist Mose Allison suffered from a "categorization problem," given his equally brilliant career. Although his boogie-woogie and bebop-laden piano style was innovative and fresh-sounding when it came to blues and jazz, it was as a songwriter that Allison really excelled. Allison's songs have been recorded by the Who ("Young Man Blues"), Leon Russell ("I'm Smashed"), and Bonnie Raitt ("Everybody's Cryin' Mercy"). Other admirers have included Tom Waits, John Mayall, Georgie Fame, the Rolling Stones, and Van Morrison. But because he always played both blues and jazz, and not one to the exclusion of the other, his career suffered. As he himself admitted, he had a "category" problem that lingered throughout his career. "There's a lot of places I don't work because they're confused about what I do," he explained in a 1990 interview in Goldmine magazine. Despite the lingering confusion, Allison was one of read more...
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MOSE ALLISON Back Country Suite album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
Back Country Suite
Hard Bop 1957
MOSE ALLISON Local Color album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
Local Color
Hard Bop 1958
MOSE ALLISON Young Man Mose album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
Young Man Mose
Hard Bop 1958
MOSE ALLISON Creek Bank album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
Creek Bank
Hard Bop 1958
MOSE ALLISON Autumn Song album cover 4.00 | 3 ratings
Autumn Song
Hard Bop 1959
MOSE ALLISON I Love the Life I Live album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
I Love the Life I Live
Hard Bop 1960
MOSE ALLISON Transfiguration of Hiram Brown (aka Mose Goes) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Transfiguration of Hiram Brown (aka Mose Goes)
Hard Bop 1960
MOSE ALLISON Sings And Plays (aka Takes To The Hills aka V-8 Ford Blues) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Sings And Plays (aka Takes To The Hills aka V-8 Ford Blues)
Hard Bop 1961
MOSE ALLISON Ramblin' With Mose Allison album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
Ramblin' With Mose Allison
Hard Bop 1961
MOSE ALLISON Swingin' Machine album cover 4.00 | 2 ratings
Swingin' Machine
Hard Bop 1962
MOSE ALLISON I Don't Worry About a Thing album cover 3.50 | 2 ratings
I Don't Worry About a Thing
Hard Bop 1962
MOSE ALLISON Mose Allison Sings album cover 4.25 | 2 ratings
Mose Allison Sings
Hard Bop 1963
MOSE ALLISON The Word From Mose album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Word From Mose
Hard Bop 1964
MOSE ALLISON Plays For Lovers album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Plays For Lovers
Hard Bop 1966
MOSE ALLISON Wild Man On The Loose album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Wild Man On The Loose
Hard Bop 1966
MOSE ALLISON I've Been Doin' Some Thinkin' album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
I've Been Doin' Some Thinkin'
Hard Bop 1968
MOSE ALLISON ...Hello There, Universe album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
...Hello There, Universe
Hard Bop 1970
MOSE ALLISON Western Man album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Western Man
Hard Bop 1971
MOSE ALLISON The Seventh Son album cover 4.75 | 2 ratings
The Seventh Son
Hard Bop 1973
MOSE ALLISON Your Mind Is On Vacation album cover 4.50 | 2 ratings
Your Mind Is On Vacation
Hard Bop 1976
MOSE ALLISON Middle Class White Boy album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Middle Class White Boy
Post Bop 1982
MOSE ALLISON Ever Since the World Ended album cover 4.50 | 1 ratings
Ever Since the World Ended
Hard Bop 1987
MOSE ALLISON My Backyard album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
My Backyard
Hard Bop 1990
MOSE ALLISON Gimcracks and Gewgaws album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
Gimcracks and Gewgaws
Hard Bop 1998
MOSE ALLISON The Way of the World album cover 4.33 | 3 ratings
The Way of the World
Hard Bop 2010

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MOSE ALLISON Mose Alive! album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Mose Alive!
Hard Bop 1966
MOSE ALLISON Mose In Your Ear album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Mose In Your Ear
Hard Bop 1972
MOSE ALLISON Live 1978 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live 1978
Hard Bop 1978
MOSE ALLISON Lessons In Living album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Lessons In Living
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1983
MOSE ALLISON Pure Mose album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Pure Mose
Hard Bop 1994
MOSE ALLISON The Earth Wants You album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Earth Wants You
Hard Bop 1994
MOSE ALLISON The Mose Chronicles: Live in London, Volume 1 album cover 4.00 | 2 ratings
The Mose Chronicles: Live in London, Volume 1
Hard Bop 2001
MOSE ALLISON The Mose Chronicles: Live in London, Vol. 2 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Mose Chronicles: Live in London, Vol. 2
Hard Bop 2002
MOSE ALLISON American Legend: Live In California album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
American Legend: Live In California
Hard Bop 2015

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MOSE ALLISON Down Home Piano album cover 3.00 | 1 ratings
Down Home Piano
Hard Bop 1966
MOSE ALLISON The Best of Mose Allison album cover 4.00 | 2 ratings
The Best of Mose Allison
Hard Bop 1970
MOSE ALLISON Retrospective album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Retrospective
Hard Bop 1970
MOSE ALLISON Mose Allison album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Mose Allison
Hard Bop 1972
MOSE ALLISON Mose Allison (That's JAZZ – 19) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Mose Allison (That's JAZZ – 19)
Hard Bop 1976
MOSE ALLISON Mose Allison Sings and Plays album cover 4.00 | 2 ratings
Mose Allison Sings and Plays
Hard Bop 1991
MOSE ALLISON Greatest Hits album cover 4.50 | 1 ratings
Greatest Hits
Hard Bop 1991
MOSE ALLISON Allison Wonderland: The Mose Allison Anthology album cover 4.50 | 3 ratings
Allison Wonderland: The Mose Allison Anthology
Hard Bop 1994
MOSE ALLISON The Sage of Tippo album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Sage of Tippo
Hard Bop 1998
MOSE ALLISON Mose Alive! Wild Man on the Loose album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Mose Alive! Wild Man on the Loose
Hard Bop 2000
MOSE ALLISON Blues Et Jazz A La Fois! album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Blues Et Jazz A La Fois!
Hard Bop 2000
MOSE ALLISON Western Man / Mose In Your Ear album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Western Man / Mose In Your Ear
Hard Bop 2005
MOSE ALLISON I'm Not Talkin' - The Songs Stylings Of Mose Allison 1957-1972 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
I'm Not Talkin' - The Songs Stylings Of Mose Allison 1957-1972
Hard Bop 2016
MOSE ALLISON Complete 1957-1962 Vocal Sides album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Complete 1957-1962 Vocal Sides
Vocal Jazz 2017

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