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Mose Allison
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Who: The Center for the Arts presents
What: An evening with Mose Allison
When: 7 p.m. Sunday
Where: The Center for the Arts, 314
West Main Street, Grass Valley
Tickets: $28 in advance, $30 at the door. Limited VIP seating, $45 includes reserved seats, VIP lounge and one free drink ticket. Tickets available at The Center Box Office, (530) 274-8384 ext. 14; BriarPatch, (530) 272-5333; Cherry Records, (530) 823-2147 and online at www.thecenterforthearts.org
What: An evening with Mose Allison
When: 7 p.m. Sunday
Where: The Center for the Arts, 314
West Main Street, Grass Valley
Tickets: $28 in advance, $30 at the door. Limited VIP seating, $45 includes reserved seats, VIP lounge and one free drink ticket. Tickets available at The Center Box Office, (530) 274-8384 ext. 14; BriarPatch, (530) 272-5333; Cherry Records, (530) 823-2147 and online at www.thecenterforthearts.org
The songs of Mose Allison are a fusion of rustic blues and jazz, embellished with profound and often humorous lyrics. As a pianist, while admiring jazz masters Bud Powell and Lenny Tristano, he also learned from composers such as Bartok, Ives, Hindemith and Ruggles.
The fusing of these diverse elements into a cohesive performance continues today. A biography, “One Man's Blues: The Life and Music of Mose Allison,” written by Patti Jones, was published in 1995 by Quartet Books Ltd. Of London.
Mose continues to write and perform all over the world. His songs have been covered by Van Morrison, John Mayall, The Who, The Clash, Eric Clapton, the Yardbirds, Elvis Costello and Bonnie Raitt to name a few. Van Morrison recorded a tribute album, Tell Me Something, The Songs of Mose Allison, on Verve Records, and rockers like Pete Townshend, Bonnie Raitt, Ray Davies and Bill Wyman of the Rolling Stones have frequently cited Mose Allison as a major influence.
During a recent London engagement, Time Out, a major entertainment weekly, praised Mose:
Mose Allison's popularity in the UK dates from the '60s, when his mixture of Delta-born blues feel and his gift for writing a song with a sting in the tail made him a prime source of inspiration for the UK's new generation of blues/rock artists. Not just namechecked but lionized by the likes of Pete Townshend, Jack Bruce, Brian Auger and Georgie Fame, he became British rock's most popular jazz musician.
His piano style is notable for its strange mixture of classical-influenced sophistication and blues-based intimacy, and there”s still none like him with a lyric.
His most recent Grammy nomination was for one of his two newest recordings, Mose Chronicles, Live in London, Vol. I on Blue Note Records. Mose Chronicles, Vol. II was just released last year. Also, British born Director Paul Barnays has produced a one hour documentary on Mose entitled, Mose Allison; Ever Since I Stole the Blues, for the BBC4 in the UK. Among recent releases are a dozen reissues on CD including Allison Wonderland and a double CD retrospective on Rhino, and High Jinks, a three CD package on Legacy. Blue Note has also re-released a collection of past recordings, Mose Allison, Jazz Profiles. His music has often been used in movies, and he can be seen performing in, “The Score,” starring Robert DeNiro and Marlon Brando.
Mose resides on Long Island with his wife Audre where they raised four children: Alissa, an attorney, John, a telecommunication specialist, Janine, a psychiatrist, and Amy Allison, also a successful and respected singer-songwriter in New York with her own group.
As one writer recently said, “Mose is now at the peak of his performing career. Although maybe this last statement is not quite true as he seems to continue to improve on perfection.”
The fusing of these diverse elements into a cohesive performance continues today. A biography, “One Man's Blues: The Life and Music of Mose Allison,” written by Patti Jones, was published in 1995 by Quartet Books Ltd. Of London.
Mose continues to write and perform all over the world. His songs have been covered by Van Morrison, John Mayall, The Who, The Clash, Eric Clapton, the Yardbirds, Elvis Costello and Bonnie Raitt to name a few. Van Morrison recorded a tribute album, Tell Me Something, The Songs of Mose Allison, on Verve Records, and rockers like Pete Townshend, Bonnie Raitt, Ray Davies and Bill Wyman of the Rolling Stones have frequently cited Mose Allison as a major influence.
During a recent London engagement, Time Out, a major entertainment weekly, praised Mose:
Mose Allison's popularity in the UK dates from the '60s, when his mixture of Delta-born blues feel and his gift for writing a song with a sting in the tail made him a prime source of inspiration for the UK's new generation of blues/rock artists. Not just namechecked but lionized by the likes of Pete Townshend, Jack Bruce, Brian Auger and Georgie Fame, he became British rock's most popular jazz musician.
His piano style is notable for its strange mixture of classical-influenced sophistication and blues-based intimacy, and there”s still none like him with a lyric.
His most recent Grammy nomination was for one of his two newest recordings, Mose Chronicles, Live in London, Vol. I on Blue Note Records. Mose Chronicles, Vol. II was just released last year. Also, British born Director Paul Barnays has produced a one hour documentary on Mose entitled, Mose Allison; Ever Since I Stole the Blues, for the BBC4 in the UK. Among recent releases are a dozen reissues on CD including Allison Wonderland and a double CD retrospective on Rhino, and High Jinks, a three CD package on Legacy. Blue Note has also re-released a collection of past recordings, Mose Allison, Jazz Profiles. His music has often been used in movies, and he can be seen performing in, “The Score,” starring Robert DeNiro and Marlon Brando.
Mose resides on Long Island with his wife Audre where they raised four children: Alissa, an attorney, John, a telecommunication specialist, Janine, a psychiatrist, and Amy Allison, also a successful and respected singer-songwriter in New York with her own group.
As one writer recently said, “Mose is now at the peak of his performing career. Although maybe this last statement is not quite true as he seems to continue to improve on perfection.”
