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- Date Released: January 1, 1997
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Style: Pop
- Label: Blue Note / CD Baby
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They Say...
The older Mose Allison gets, the sharper his mind becomes, the more idiosyncratic his music sounds, and the more pleasure the aficionado gets for spending the better part of an hour with his latest stuff. By this time, the 70-year old philosopher from Tippo, Miss. had sharpened his wit and insight on life to an even keener edge, musing wryly on materialism, technology, aging, death, even his own name ("MJA, Jr."). The tunes seem to have disappeared almost entirely but it doesn't matter; the lyrics are so damned clever and as hilarious as ever, even when they are obviously sequels to previous masterworks like "Your Mind Is On Vacation" ("What's With You") or "Young Man's Blues" ("Old Man Blues"). Mose's piano style by now has been pared down to its unique essentials, a ceaseless, swinging linear flow drawing from the three Bs -- Bach, Bartok and bop -- and his voice has barely aged since his Prestige days. Mark Shim muses ably on tenor sax now and then, and guitarist Russell Malone ranges all over the stylistic lot between R&B and jazz. At this rate, waiting four years or so between albums in the '90s, Allison has kept his creative batteries fresh every time out.
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| 01. |  |
Mja Jr. |
3:33 |
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| 02. | |
Gimcracks and Gewgaws |
5:14 |
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| 03. | |
Numbers On Paper |
2:35 |
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| 04. | |
Cruise Control |
2:59 |
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| 05. | |
St. Louis Blues |
4:05 |
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| 06. | |
Mockingbird |
3:03 |
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| 07. | |
The More You Get |
2:53 |
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| 08. | |
Texanna |
2:29 |
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| 09. | |
What Will It Be |
3:11 |
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| 10. | |
So Tired |
4:03 |
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| 11. | |
Somebody Gonna Have to Move |
1:57 |
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| 12. | |
Fires of Spring |
3:30 |
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| 13. | |
What's With You |
3:32 |
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| 14. | |
Old Man Blues |
1:33 |
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14 Total Tracks, 44:37 Total Length
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Credits
- Mose Allison - Piano // Mose Allison - Vocals // Russell Malone - Guitar // Greg Calbi - Mastering // James Farber - Engineer // Ratzo Harris - Bass // Paul Motian - Drums // Paul Motian - Drums // Paul Motian - Drums // Paul Motian - Drums // Paul Motian - Drums // Paul Motian - Drums // Paul Motian - Drums // Paul Motian - Drums // Paul Motian - Drums // Ben Sidran - Producer // Darcy Cloutier-Fernald - Art Direction // Darcy Cloutier-Fernald - Design // Darcy Cloutier-Fernald - Artist Direction // Ryan Hewitt - Assistant Engineer // Mark Shim - Sax (Tenor) // Bill Phelps - Photography
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Other Details
- Instrument:
- Piano
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