Mose Allison
- Type: Classic Bandleader
- Country: United States
- Born: November 11, 1927 in Tippo, Mississippi, United States
- Died: November 15, 2016 in Hilton Head, South Carolina, United States
- Active: 1956 - 2015
Biography
Mose Allison (1927-2016) was an American jazz and blues pianist, singer and songwriter from Tippo, Mississippi. After moving to New York in 1956 and playing with *Stan Getz* and *Al Cohn*, he led his own trios from 'Back Country Suite' (1957) onward, recording for #Prestige Records#, #Atlantic Records# and #Blue Note#. Songs such as 'Parchman Farm' and 'Young Man Blues', the latter a live staple for *The Who*, made his laconic, witty style influential across jazz, blues and rock.
Mose Allison Discography
- Back Country Suite (1957) - Album - rated 3.48/5
- Local Color (1958) - Album - rated 3.36/5
- Young Man Mose (1958) - Album - rated 3.46/5
- Creek Bank (1959) - Album - rated 3.52/5
- Transfiguration of Hiram Brown (1960) - Album - rated 3.33/5
- I Love the Life I Live (1960) - Album - rated 3.58/5
- I Don't Worry About a Thing (1962) - Album - rated 3.63/5
- Ramblin' With Mose Allison (1962) - Album - rated 3.44/5
- Swingin' Machine (1963) - Album - rated 3.29/5
- Mose Allison Sings (1963) - Compilation - rated 3.93/5
- The Word From Mose (1964) - Album - rated 3.59/5
- I've Been Doin' Some Thinkin' (1968) - Album - rated 3.54/5