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Listen to Mose Allison, watch music videos, read bio, see tour dates & more!

Mose Allison

Jazz

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Top Songs By Mose Allison

Listen to Your Mind Is On Vacation by Mose Allison, see lyrics, music video & more!
Your Mind Is On VacationMose Allison
Listen to Young Man's Blues by Mose Allison, see lyrics, music video & more!
Young Man's BluesMose Allison
Listen to I Don't Worry About a Thing by Mose Allison, see lyrics, music video & more!
I Don't Worry About a ThingMose Allison
Listen to I Ain't Got Nothing Butthe Blues by Mose Allison, see lyrics, music video & more!
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The Seventh SonMose Allison
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If You're Going to the CityMose Allison
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Your Molecular StructureMose Allison
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Lost MindMose Allison

Latest Release

Listen to On Prestige by Mose Allison
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More albums from Mose Allison

Listen to Live on "Inner Visions" by Mose Allison
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Listen to In Salah by Mose Allison
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Listen to The Way of the World by Mose Allison
ALBUMThe Way of the WorldMose Allison
Listen to Talking Jazz Volume 19 Voice 03 by Ben Sidran, Dave Frishberg, Donald Fagen & Mose Allison
ALBUMTalking Jazz Volume 19 Voice 03Ben Sidran, Dave Frishberg, Donald Fagen & Mose Allison
Listen to Gimcracks and Gewgaws by Mose Allison
ALBUMGimcracks and GewgawsMose Allison
Listen to Tell Me Something: The Songs of Mose Allison by Van Morrison, Georgie Fame, Mose Allison & Ben Sidran
ALBUMTell Me Something: The Songs of Mose AllisonVan Morrison, Georgie Fame, Mose Allison & Ben Sidran
Listen to The Earth Wants You by Mose Allison
ALBUMThe Earth Wants YouMose Allison
Listen to My Backyard by Mose Allison
ALBUMMy BackyardMose Allison
Listen to Ever Since the World Ended by Mose Allison
ALBUMEver Since the World EndedMose Allison
Listen to Middle Class White Boy by Mose Allison
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Listen to Hello There, Universe by Mose Allison
ALBUMHello There, UniverseMose Allison
Listen to I've Been Doin' Some Thinkin by Mose Allison
ALBUMI've Been Doin' Some ThinkinMose Allison
Listen to Mose Allison (Bonus Track Version) by Mose Allison
ALBUMMose Allison (Bonus Track Version)Mose Allison
Listen to Wild Man on the Loose by Mose Allison
ALBUMWild Man on the LooseMose Allison
Listen to The Word from Mose Allison by Mose Allison
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Listen to Swingin' Machine by Mose Allison
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Listen to I Don't Worry About a Thing by Mose Allison
ALBUMI Don't Worry About a ThingMose Allison
Listen to V-8 Ford Blues by Mose Allison
ALBUMV-8 Ford BluesMose Allison
Listen to I Love the Life I Live by Mose Allison
ALBUMI Love the Life I LiveMose Allison
Listen to Transfiguration of Hiram Brown by Mose Allison
ALBUMTransfiguration of Hiram BrownMose Allison
Listen to Autumn Song by Mose Allison
ALBUMAutumn SongMose Allison
Listen to Ramblin' With Mose by Mose Allison
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Listen to Local Color by Mose Allison
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Listen to Back Country Suite by Mose Allison
ALBUMBack Country SuiteMose Allison

Artist Playlists

Mose Allison Essentials
Mose Allison Essentials
The effortlessly cool pianist/singer crossed jazz and blues like no one else.
Mose Allison Essentials
Mose Allison: Deep Cuts
Mose Allison: Deep Cuts
The jazzy singer/songwriter was also a master pianist.
Mose Allison: Deep Cuts

About Mose Allison

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Hometown
Tippo, MS, United States
Born
November 11, 1927
Genre
Jazz
As a singer, pianist, and songwriter, Mose Allison combined blues and bebop with a sardonic lyrical approach. Born in Tippo, MS, in 1927, Allison started playing piano at the age of five. Upon moving to New York City in 1956, he played with cool jazz giants like Gerry Mulligan, Al Cohn, and Zoot Sims, and released his first album, Back Country Suite, the following year. His laconic singing style proved to be the perfect vehicle for his mordantly witty lyrics and his reinterpretations of classic blues tunes. Starting in the ’60s, Allison’s tunes were taken up by a long string of rockers, including Blue Cheer (“Parchman Farm”), The Who (“Young Man Blues”), The Clash (“Look Here”), and Elvis Costello (“Everybody’s Crying Mercy”). Allison would maintain an active performance schedule for much of his life, but after 1997’s Gimcracks and Gewgaws album, he took a 12-year hiatus from recording. His Joe Henry-produced The Way of the World, released in 2010, was his last album before retiring. Allison passed away in 2016 at 89, leaving a legacy as one of jazz’s most respected songwriters and pianists.

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Mose Allison has also released music as a member of The Mose Allison Trio.