Mose Allison

Genres:	Blues • Jazz
Descriptive "tags":	jazz • blues • piano • jazz vocal • jazz piano • vocal jazz
Decades Active:	1950s • 1960s • 1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000s
Links online:	Biography • Official Homepage • Official Homepage • Wikipedia

Biography

Mose John Allison Jnr., 11 November 1927, Tippo, Mississippi, USA. Allison began piano lessons at the age of five, and played trumpet in high school, although he has featured the latter instrument less frequently in recent years. His music is a highly individual mix of blues and modern jazz, with influences on his cool, laconic singing and piano-playing ranging from Tampa Red and Sonny Boy ‘Rice Miller’ Williamson to Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington, and Thelonious Monk. He moved to New York in 1956 and worked mainly in jazz settings, playing with Stan Getz, Al Cohn, Zoot Sims and Gerry Mulligan, and recording for numerous companies. During the 60s, Allison’s work was much in evidence as he became a major influence on the burgeoning R&B scene. Pete Townshend, one of his greatest fans, recorded Allison’s ‘A Young Man’s Blues’ for the Who’s Live At Leeds. Similarly, John Mayall was one of dozens who recorded his classic...

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