Transfiguration of Hiram Brown

by Mose Allison

Transfiguration of Hiram Brown cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: June 1960
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 27:55
  • Community rating: 3.33/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Transfiguration of Hiram Brown' is one of Mose Allison's conceptually distinctive early albums, mixing his laconic singing, piano blues language, and modern jazz phrasing. The record helped define his unusual position between jazz club performance and literate blues songwriting.

Genres

Descriptors: witty, narrative

Tracklist

  1. Transfiguration of Hiram Brown Suite: Barefoot-Dirt Road (3:20)
  2. Transfiguration of Hiram Brown Suite: City Home (2:33)
  3. Transfiguration of Hiram Brown Suite: Cuttin' Out (1:41)
  4. Transfiguration of Hiram Brown Suite: Gotham Day (3:23)
  5. Transfiguration of Hiram Brown Suite: Gotham Night (4:29)
  6. Transfiguration of Hiram Brown Suite: Echo (1:02)
  7. Transfiguration of Hiram Brown Suite: The River (4:09)
  8. Transfiguration of Hiram Brown Suite: Finale (0:49)
  9. How Little We Know (3:50)
  10. Baby, Please Don't Go (2:35)

Credits

  • Mose Allison - primary artist, piano, vocals, written-by
  • Addison Farmer - bass
  • Jerry Segal - drums
  • Hoagy Carmichael - written-by
  • Johnny Mercer - written-by
  • Big Joe Williams - written-by
  • Bob Merrill - written-by
  • Fred Rose - written-by

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