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Local Color (album)

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Released
  
1958

Local Color (1957)
  
Young Man Mose (1958)

Release date
  
1957

Label
  
Prestige Records

Length
  
35:36

Artist
  
Mose Allison

Producer
  
Bob Weinstock

Genres
  
Jazz, Blues

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Recorded
  
November 8, 1957 Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey

Similar
  
Autumn Song, Ramblin' with Mose, Back Country Suite, Creek Bank, Young Man Mose

Local Color is the second album by blues/jazz pianist and vocalist Mose Allison which was recorded in 1957 and released on the Prestige label. The album features the first recording of Allison's "Parchman Farm" which was later covered by John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers on their album Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton.

Contents

Reception

Scott Yanow, in his review for Allmusic, says "Allison performs eight instrumentals in a trio... displaying his unusual mixture of country blues and bebop... However it is his vocals on "Lost Mind" and particularly the classic "Parchman Farm" that are most memorable".

Track listing

All compositions by Mose Allison except as indicated

  1. "Carnival" - 2:59
  2. "Parchman Farm" - 3:17
  3. "Crepuscular Air" - 3:43
  4. "Mojo Woman" - 4:04
  5. "Town" - 3:21
  6. "Trouble in Mind" (Richard M. Jones) - 3:13
  7. "Lost Mind" (Percy Mayfield) - 3:31
  8. "I'll Never Be Free" (Bennie Benjamin, George David Weiss) - 5:36
  9. "Don't Ever Say Goodbye" (Duke Ellington) - 3:12
  10. "Ain't You a Mess" - 2:40

Personnel

  • Mose Allison - piano, trumpet on 6, vocals
  • Addison Farmer - bass
  • Nick Stabulas - drums

    • Songs

    1Carnival3:04
    2Parchman Farm3:21
    3Crepuscular Air3:47

    References

    Local Color (album) Wikipedia
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