Mose Allison - Jazz Profile

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 55:31
Size: 129.4 MB
Label: Blue Note
Styles: Jazz blues, Hard Bop, Vocal jazz
Year: 1997
Art: Front

[4:50] 1. Ever Since The World Ended
[4:23] 2. Top Forty
[3:10] 3. Putting Up With Me
[3:14] 4. I Looked In The Mirror
[4:27] 5. Getting There
[3:28] 6. What's Your Movie
[3:15] 7. Ever Since I Stole The Blues
[4:12] 8. Was
[4:12] 9. The Getting Paid Waltz
[3:40] 10. My Backyard
[4:18] 11. Certified Senior Citizen
[3:20] 12. This Ain't Me
[4:50] 13. You Can't Push People Around
[4:07] 14. The Earth Wants You

This single CD has highlights from Mose Allison's three Blue Note albums of 1987-1993 (Ever Since the World Ended, My Backyard, and The Earth Wants You). Although it would be preferable to acquire the complete records instead (and Allison's greatest material was actually recorded in earlier years), there are plenty of gems on this set, including "Ever Since the World Ended," "I Looked in the Mirror," "Ever Since I Stole the Blues," and "Certified Senior Citizen." Joined by a variety of all-star players (including Bennie Wallace on tenor, altoist Arthur Blythe, and guitarist John Scofield), Allison's singing, witty delivery, piano playing, and insightful (yet humorous) lyrics easily steal the show. ~Scott Yanow

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