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Allison helped open the "blues' racial divide, proving that a white man from rural
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Allison wrote some 150 songs. His performances were described as being "delivered in a casual conversational way with a melodic southern accented tone that has a pitch and range ideally suited to his idiosyncratic phrasing, laconic approach and ironic sense of humour."
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1650:(Prestige 24002), Sides A & B previously released in Prestige 7091 - "Back County Suite" Recorded 3/7/57, Sides C & D previously released in Prestige 7121 - "Local Color" Recorded 11/8/57
1585:(drums, percussion), Greg Leisz (guitar, Weissenborn, mandola), David Piltch (bass), Walter Smith III (tenor sax), Anthony Wilson (guitar); one track with Amy Allison (vocals) added
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1997:"Interview: How Joe Henry Coaxed Mose Allison, and His Tongue, Back into the Studio"
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Remasters" edition (Concord 30011) was released with three additional tracks in 2006
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I’m Not Talkin’: The Song Stylings of Mose Allison 1957–1972
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One Man's Blues: The Life and Music of Mose Allison
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1738:The Complete Atlantic/Elektra Albums 1962-1983
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1538:The Mose Chronicles: Live in London, Volume 2
1522:The Mose Chronicles: Live in London, Volume 1
1485:(tenor sax), Robin Aspland (Wurlitzer piano)
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2683:People from Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
2585:Tell Me Something: The Songs of Mose Allison
2448:Los Angeles Citybeat, Mose Allison Interview
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2162:"Jazz Profiles from NPR: Mose Allison"
1981:Feather, Leonard; Gitler, Ira (2007).
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1983:The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz
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1778:: Al Cohn Quintet Featuring Zoot Sims
1689:The Mose Allison Collection 1956–1962
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1789:Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note
1668:High Jinks! The Mose Allison Trilogy
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2387:Ahern, Sarah (November 15, 2016).
2288:AlecEiffel.net Pixies Titles/Names
2120:Heckman, Don (November 15, 2016).
2047:"Interview: Mose Allison (Part 1)"
1958:"Interview: Mose Allison (Part 1)"
1852:. London: Penguin Books. pp.
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2045:Myers, Mark (September 9, 2010).
1985:. Oxford University Press. p. 14.
1956:Myers, Mark (September 9, 2010).
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1691:(Acrobat ACQCD-7078, four-CD set)
1361:(guitar) added; some tracks have
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2364:. ItsAllPink.com. Archived from
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1848:Richard Cook's Jazz Encyclopedia
390:Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me
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909:Transfiguration of Hiram Brown
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298:Long Island Music Hall of Fame
246:("Everybody's Cryin' Mercy").
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2234:. Arts.gov. November 11, 1927
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1625:Mose Allison Plays for Lovers
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2577:Allison Wonderland Anthology
2070:Dickerson, James L. (2005).
1682:Mose Allison: The Collection
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2290:. Retrieved April 1, 2008.
2254:"In-Depth: Mose Allison..."
2149:Nine-O-One Network Magazine
1934:. Blues Access. Spring 1998
1007:I Don't Worry About a Thing
737:Hilton Head, South Carolina
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2147:901 Interview (May 1987).
1675:Jazz Profile: Mose Allison
1348:Ever Since the World Ended
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2569:The Best of Mose Allison
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1633:The Best of Mose Allison
1251:Your Mind Is on Vacation
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1609:(OJC 6004) in 1988; a "
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480:Mississippi Blues Trail
2648:American jazz pianists
2643:American blues singers
1891:The Blues Encyclopedia
1844:Cook, Richard (2005).
1724:I Love the Life I Live
1294:Middle Class White Boy
990:I Love the Life I Live
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2274:Rabey, Brian (2013).
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1911:Limusichalloffame.org
1663:R2-71689, two-CD set)
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1157:Hello There, Universe
1091:Wild Man on the Loose
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1696:Seven Classic Albums
1571:The Way of the World
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673:The Whole Nine Yards
606:, Georgie Fame, and
558:. The Yardbirds and
502:Influence and legacy
475:The Way of the World
426:Sonny Boy Williamson
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1893:. Routledge. p. 22.
1410:The Earth Wants You
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722:Smithtown, New York
693:The Dutch musician
366:. His debut album,
242:("Look Here"), and
2561:The Word from Mose
2537:Ramblin' with Mose
2513:Back Country Suite
2256:Properganda Online
2232:"NEA Jazz Masters"
1792:, with Zoot Sims,
1712:Ramblin' With Mose
1700:Back Country Suite
1643:(Columbia C-30564)
1599:Mose Allison Sings
1069:The Word from Mose
1052:Mose Allison Sings
963:Takes to the Hills
851:Ramblin' with Mose
783:Back Country Suite
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600:Stop All That Jazz
524:the Rolling Stones
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2521:Local Color
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2340:"Biography"
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2133:December 4,
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1776:Al and Zoot
1720:Autumn Song
1704:Local Color
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1378:My Backyard
1265:Joe Farrell
1215:Trio, with
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591:Sandinista!
572:Jethro Tull
536:John Mayall
484:Jazz Master
224:John Mayall
159:moseallison
120:Instruments
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1831:References
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1794:Phil Woods
1745:As sideman
1716:Creek Bank
1542:Blue Note
1526:Blue Note
1498:Blue Note
1475:Guy Barker
1463:Ben Sidran
1427:Joe Lovano
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904:1959–1960
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682:Greg Brown
634:Dani Klein
608:Ben Sidran
568:John Evans
552:Blue Cheer
540:J. J. Cale
472:His album
455:and later
364:Phil Woods
304:Early life
278:J. J. Cale
259:Ben Sidran
106:jazz blues
64:1927-11-11
49:Birth name
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1782:Zoot Sims
1503:Mark Shim
1483:Leo Green
1473:(drums),
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1276:Pure Mose
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678:Americana
667:Bossanova
586:the Clash
528:Tom Waits
508:Bob Dylan
360:Zoot Sims
348:Stan Getz
325:mustering
300:in 2006.
290:Tom Waits
240:The Clash
194:Zoot Sims
186:Stan Getz
145:1956–2015
2372:June 13,
2346:June 13,
2292:Archived
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2216:June 13,
2194:March 3,
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154:Website
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