Happy Birthday, Mose Allison

Jazz singer and pianist Mose Allison was born on November 11, 1927, in Tippo, Mississippi.

Allison has, as Forrest Dylan Bryant put it in a review at All About Jazz, a "melting-pot piano style, which seamlessly combines the sounds of back country and big city; [a] carefree, everyman way of singing; [and a] sly cynicism."

In his book, The 101 Best Jazz Albums, Len Lyons recommends Allison's Seventh Son (Prestige), but that album is only available in vinyl. Jim Determan recommends Greatest Hits (Original Jazz Classics) and The Best of Mose Allison (Atlantic) as alternatives.

• Seventh Son (Prestige). Purchase the vinyl record at Amazon.com.)
  
• Greatest Hits (Original Jazz Classics). Purchase the CD at Amazon.com.)
  
• The Best of Mose Allison (Atlantic). Purchase the CD at Amazon.com.)
  

Allison sings "Ask Me Nice" here:

Robert
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Happy Birthday, Mose Allison

Jazz singer and pianist Mose Allison was born on November 11, 1927, in Tippo, Mississippi.

Allison has, as Forrest Dylan Bryant put it in a review at All About Jazz, a "melting-pot piano style, which seamlessly combines the sounds of back country and big city; [a] carefree, everyman way of singing; [and a] sly cynicism."

In his book, The 101 Best Jazz Albums, Len Lyons recommends Allison's Seventh Son (Prestige), but that album is only available in vinyl. Jim Determan recommends Greatest Hits (Original Jazz Classics) and The Best of Mose Allison (Atlantic) as alternatives.

• Seventh Son (Prestige). Purchase the vinyl record at Amazon.com.)
  
• Greatest Hits (Original Jazz Classics). Purchase the CD at Barnes & Noble.)
  
• The Best of Mose Allison (Atlantic). Purchase the CD at Barnes & Noble.)
  

Allison sings "Ask Me Nice" here:

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Recent Links :: 25 January 2013

• Mose Allison: NPR's A Blog Supreme provides a broadcast from the 2013 NEA Jazz Masters Award Concert, at which singer-songwriter Mose Allison, saxophonist Lou Donaldson, Village Vanguard owner Lorraine Gordon, and pianist Eddie Palmieri were honored.
• Dave Brubeck: At JazzWax, Marc Myers discusses the 1959 Dave Brubeck album, Southern Scene. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Chick Corea: New Jazz United shares a clip of Chick Corea's "Children's Song No. 6," from the album, Chick Corea Solo Piano: Originals. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Keith Jarrett: John Kelman reviews the Keith Jarrett album, Hymns/Spheres, at All About Jazz. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• Art Tatum: New Jazz United shares a clip of Art Tatum and Ben Webster's "My One And Only Love," from the album, Art Tatum – Ben Webster: The Album. (Purchase the album from Amazon.com.)
• McCoy Tyner: At NPR's A Blog Supreme, Patrick Jarenwattananon interviews singer Jose James about touring with pianist McCoy Tyner.

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Happy Birthday, Mose Allison

Jazz singer and pianist Mose Allison was born on November 11, 1927, in Tippo, Mississippi. He turns 85 today.

Allison has, as Forrest Dylan Bryant put it in a review at All About Jazz, a "melting-pot piano style, which seamlessly combines the sounds of back country and big city; [a] carefree, everyman way of singing; [and a] sly cynicism."

In his book, The 101 Best Jazz Albums, Len Lyons recommends Allison's Seventh Son (Prestige), but that album is only available in vinyl. Jim Determan recommends Greatest Hits (Original Jazz Classics) and The Best of Mose Allison (Atlantic) as alternatives.

• Seventh Son (Prestige). Purchase the vinyl record at Amazon.com.)
  
• Greatest Hits (Original Jazz Classics). Purchase the CD at Barnes & Noble.)
  
• The Best of Mose Allison (Atlantic). Purchase the CD at Barnes & Noble.)
  

Allison sings "Your Mind Is on Vacation" here:

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Recent Links :: 18 July 2012

• Mose Allison: According to JazzTimes, the National Endowment for the Arts announced the four newest NEA Jazz Masters, including Mose Allison, Lou Donaldson, Lorraine Gordon and Eddie Palmieri.
• Miles Davis: According to JazzTimes, the Miles Davis forever stamp was officially dedicated at the Hollywood Bowl’s Museum Terrace in Los Angeles.
• Miles Davis: According to Miles Davis Online, July 16 commemorates the day in 1991 when the French government made Miles Davis a Knight of the Legion of Honor.
• Miles Davis: Several Downbeat blindfold tests with Miles Davis are shared at forghieri.net: 1955; 1958; 1964; and < ahref="http://www.forghieri.net/jazz/blind/Davis_4.html">1968.
• Bill Evans: Among the top 50 jazz albums for the week of 16 July 2012 was Live at Art D'Lugoff's Top of the Gate by the Bill Evans Trio. (Purchase the CD, Live at Art D'Lugoff's Top of the Gate, at Amazon.com.)
• Thelonious Monk: A 1966 Downbeat blindfold test with Thelonious Monk is reprinted at forghieri.net.
• Sonny Rollins: JazzTimes shares Sonny Rollins's list of ten "must-hear" tenor cuts, including "Giant Steps" by John Coltrane and "The Man I Love" by Coleman Hawkins.

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Happy Birthday, Mose Allison

Jazz singer and pianist Mose Allison was born on November 11, 1927, in Tippo, Mississippi. He turns 84 today.

Allison has, as Forrest Dylan Bryant put it in a review at All About Jazz, a "melting-pot piano style, which seamlessly combines the sounds of back country and big city; [a] carefree, everyman way of singing; [and a] sly cynicism."

In his book, The 101 Best Jazz Albums, Len Lyons recommends Allison's Seventh Son (Prestige), but that album is only available in vinyl. Jim Determan recommends Greatest Hits (Original Jazz Classics) and The Best of Mose Allison (Atlantic) as alternatives.

• Seventh Son (Prestige). Purchase the vinyl record at Amazon.com.)
  
• Greatest Hits (Original Jazz Classics). Purchase the CD at Barnes & Noble.)
  
• The Best of Mose Allison (Atlantic). Purchase the CD at Barnes & Noble.)
  

Allison sings "Your Mind Is on Vacation" here:

Robert
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Recent Links :: August 7

• Cannonball Adderley, Bill Evans: BlogCritics reviews two albums just released as part of the Concord Music Group's Original Jazz Classics Remasters series: Cannonball Adderley with Bill Evans, Know What I Mean?, and the Bill Evans Trio, Explorations. (Purchase the CD, Know What I Mean?, at Barnes & Noble. Purchase the CD, Explorations, at Barnes & Noble.)
  
• Mose Allison: A letter to the Washington Post, argues that Mose Allison is worthy of a Kennedy Center honor.
  
• Louis Armstrong: Gibson.com has a piece entitled, "Louis Armstrong’s Uneasy Upbringing in the Big Easy."
  
• Ornette Coleman: BlogCritics reviews the album, Something Else!!!! The Music of Ornette Coleman, which has been reissued by Concord Music Group. (Purchase the CD, Something Else!!!! The Music of Ornette Coleman, at Barnes & Noble.)
  
• Chick Corea: BlogCritics reviews the album, The Definitive Chick Corea on Stretch and Concord. (Purchase the CD, The Definitive Chick Corea on Stretch and Concord, at Barnes & Noble.)
  
• Eric Dolphy, Charles Mingus: Jazz on the Tube has a wonderful 30-minute video from Eric Dolphy's last concert with Charles Mingus on April 13, 1964, in Stockholm, Sweden.
  
• Bill Evans: Mike Conklin continues his in-depth discussion of Bill Evans's influence on jazz by referring to Andy Leverne's explanation of Evans's "left-hand rootless voicings" at This Quiet Fire.
  
• Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday: The Toronto Sun lists 10 great songs about places, and Billie Holiday's "Autumn in New York" is # 1. "I Love Paris," by Ella Fitzgerald, is # 5.
  
• Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Pass: BlogCritics reviews the Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Pass album, Easy Living, which has been reissued by Concord Music Group. (Purchase the CD, Easy Living, at Barnes & Noble.)
  
• Thelonious Monk: BlogCritics reviews the Thelonious Monk album, Thelonious Alone in San Francisco, which has been reissued by Concord Music Group. (Purchase the CD, Thelonious Alone in San Francisco, at Barnes & Noble.)
  

Robert

Recent Links :: August 5

• Mose Allison: John Fordham reviews Mose Allison's concert at the Pizza Express Jazz Club in London at The Guardian. Jack Massarik reviews the concert in the London Evening Standard.
  
• Louis Armstrong: August 4 was Louis Armstrong's birthday, and Riverwalk Jazz devoted a program to the "founding father of jazz."
  
• Louis Armstrong: In honor of Louis Armstrong's birthday, the Huffington Post listed its favorite live performances, complete with videos.
  
• Louis Armstrong: Shadow and Act notes Louis Armstrong's birthday and discusses the status of two biopics of the great trumpeter.
  
• Bix Beiderbecke: Marc Myers has an excellent piece on Bix Beiderbecke on the anniversary of his death (August 6, 1931) at Jazz Wax.
  
• Bix Beiderbecke: Corey Kilgannon writes about the room in which Bix died in the New York Times's City Room blog.
  
• Dave Brubeck: The Projo Arts Blog announces that the 90-year-old Dave Brubeck will perform at the Newport Jazz Festival.
  
• Ornette Coleman: C. Michael Bailey reviews Ornette Coleman's seminal album, The Shape Of Jazz To Come at All About Jazz. (Purchase the CD, The Shape Of Jazz To Come, at Barnes & Noble.)
  
• Chick Corea: AARP has an interview with Chick Corea, who is kicking off a 70-city world tour.
  
• Bill Evans: Mike Conklin transcribes the first 16 measures of the Bill Evans tune, "Alice in Wonderland" (from the album, Sunday at the Village Vanguard) and provides an audio of Evans playing it at This Quiet Fire. He then analyzes the first four bars here and here. (Purchase the CD, Sunday at the Village Vanguard, at Barnes & Noble.)
  
• Bill Evans: David Bowling reviews the 2011 album, The Definitive Bill Evans On Riverside And Fantasy at Seattle Pi. (Purchase the CD, The Definitive Bill Evans On Riverside And Fantasy, at Barnes & Noble.)
  
• Herbie Hancock: The Hot House blog has Herbie Hancock's TED presentation.
  
• Herbie Hancock: Eve Jackson interviews Herbie Hancock at her France 24 blog.
  
• Airto Moreira: August 5 was Airto Moreira's birthday, and he was honored as the jazz musician of the day at All About Jazz.
  
• Sun Ra: Daniel Baker has a nice, long article about Sun Ra and his Arkestra at The Quietus.
  
• Sonny Rollins: Fred Kaplan reviews the Sonny Rollins 1957 album, Newk's Time, at Stereophile. (Purchase the CD, Newk's Time, at Barnes & Noble.)
  

Robert

Recent Links :: July 29

• Mose Allison: Ken Smith has a great in-depth look at Mose Allison at Properganda.
  
• Louis Armstrong: Ricky Riccardi provides some cuts to listen to while reading chapter 3 of his new biography of Satchmo, What a Wonderful World: The Magic of Louis Armstrong's Later Years.
  
• Art Blakey: Anthony Franceschi writes about discovering the music of Art Blakey.
  
• Art Blakey, Thelonious Monk: Palaverer has a very perceptive review of Richard Cook's book, Blue Note Records: The Biography, particularly Cook's take on Thelonious Monk and Art Blakey. (Purchase Richard Cook's book, Blue Note Records: The Biography, at Barnes & Noble.)
  
• Charlie Christian: July 29 is the birthday of jazz guitarist Charlie Christian, and All About Jazz has a short piece about him as their "Jazz Musician of the Day."
  
• Ornette Coleman: C. Michael Bailey reviews the 1959 Ornette Coleman album, Tomorrow is the Question! at All About Jazz. (Purchase the CD, Tomorrow is the Question!, at Barnes & Noble.)
  
• Miles Davis: Stuart Nicholson reviews the Miles Davis album, Tutu, at JazzWise magazine. (Purchase the CD, Tutu, at Barnes & Noble.)
  
• Lionel Hampton: Marc Myers has a nice piece on the reed section in Lionel Hampton's 1945 band at JazzWax.
  
• Earl Hines: Mike Conklin discusses the life and music of Earl Hines at Handful of Keys: The History of Jazz Piano.
  
• Keith Jarrett: John Fordham reviews the Keith Jarrett Trio's concert at Royal Festival Hall, London, in The Guardian.
  
• Modern Jazz Quartet: Joseph Taylor has an excellent piece on the Modern Jazz Quartet at SoundStage!HI-FI.
  
• Joe Pass: There's a discussion about jazz guitarist Joe Pass on the Jazz Guitar Forum.
  
• McCoy Tyner: Pianist McCoy Tyner will play the Johannesburg jazz festival in August, according to The Johannesburg Citizen.
  

Robert