2010
Search results
Mose John Allison Jr. (November 11, 1927 – November 15, 2016) was an American jazz and blues pianist, singer, and songwriter. He became notable for playing a unique mix of blues and modern jazz, both singing and playing piano.
Born in 1927 in the Mississippi Delta, Mose John Allison grew up listening to jazz and blues greats such as Louis Armstrong, Memphis Minnie, Duke Ellington, Louis Jordan and the Nat Cole Trio. He learned to play piano and trumpet as a boy.
Mose Allison | Biography. Mose Allison was born in the Mississippi Delta on his grandfather’s farm near the village of Tippo. At five he discovered he could play the piano by ear and began “picking out” blues and boogie woogie tunes he heard on the local jukebox.
Nov 16, 2016 · Nov. 15, 2016. Mose Allison, a pianist, singer and songwriter who straddled modern jazz and Delta blues, belonging to both styles even as he became a touchstone for British Invasion...
Nov 15, 2016 · Allison died Tuesday morning at his home in Hilton Head, S.C., of natural causes. He had just had a birthday, his 89th, last week. Allison was born on his grandfather's...
- www.rollingstone.com
- › Music
- › Music News
Nov 15, 2016 · 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...
Jun 3, 2022 · The tribute project Anything Mose! breathes new life into the music of the late Mose Allison. We peer inside his blend of blues and jazz with ironic lyrics, and get stories from Allison's...
Nov 15, 2016 · Mose Allison, a genre-defying pianist, singer and composer/lyricist whose wittily sardonic, blues-driven songs earned him the title of “The William Faulkner of Jazz,” has died. The...
Nov 16, 2016 · In 2006, he was placed in the Long Island Music Hall of Fame, the same year he recorded a live album entitled “Mose Allison American Legend, Live in California,” which was released in 2015.
Dec 1, 2019 · Celebrated Jazz Musician Mose Allison Dies At 89. November 15, 2016 • The pianist, singer and composer's witty lyrics and Southern drawl were favorites of jazz fans and the British rockers who...
