Mose Allison is an American music icon -- truly one of this country's artistic treasures. Back in the 1950s, Allison created a style all his own by coupling his talents as a pianist and lyricist and ...

Through a career spanning a half-century, Mose Allison has been known mostly for his bluesy hipster vocals and comical compositions like "Your Mind is on Vacation, But Your Mouth is Working Overtime.

Influential blues and jazz pianist Mose Allison, whose songs were covered by an array of rock veterans, died Tuesday at the age of 89 of natural causes. Allison’s daughter, Amy, confirmed the musician ...

IS MOSE ALLISON a bluesman who plays jazz piano or a jazz pianist who sings the blues? A songwriter or a song stylist? "I've slipped through all the categories, for sure," the 77-year-old Allison says ...

Read Mose Allison: Substance and Style by R.J. DeLuke on All About Jazz. Discover in-depth jazz Interview coverage, artist features, and expert writing since 1995.

Mose Allison was one-of-a-kind, to put it mildly. Growing up in the backwoods town of Tippo, Mississippi, he would listen to the jukebox in his father’s dry goods store, discovering music from Nat ...

If an artist’s influence is best measured by the number of imitators he inspires, it’s a testament to the enduring uniqueness of Mose Allison that, after more than 50 years of widely acclaimed ...

2016 claims another: Jazz and blues great Mose Allison, who died at his Hilton Head, SC home on Tuesday. He was 89. From the New York Times: Mr. Allison began his professional career as a piano player ...

November 11, 2020. It’s 11-11 again. 1111, a cosmic date and number believed by many to be an angelic sign. This seems to be borne out by the fact that he was born on this day, November 11 of 1927.

NEW YORK — Mose Allison, a pianist and singer whose witty, southern-accented lyrics delivered over a backdrop of boogie-woogie blues and jazz piano won fans and influenced musicians across a wide ...

This week in the magazine, I review Mose Allison’s new album, “The Way of the World,” the first studio material from the incomparable pianist and vocalist in more than a decade. Allison, now ...

When: 7:30 p.m. June 30. What: Allison keeps one hand each in the world of jazz and blues. Who: Moses Allison on piano and vocals; Rich Syracuse on bass; Jeff Siegel on drums; Mike DeMicco on guitar.