# Mose Allison, Jazz legend, 1927-2016 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 15, 2016, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mose-allison-jazz-legend-1927-2016/772093 "2016-11-15T20:51:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mose-allison-jazz-legend-1927-2016/772093/1 "2016-11-15T20:51:50Z")
[Mose is gone](http://hottytoddy.com/2016/11/15/mose-allison-dies-age-89/). He’s categorized as a jazz musician, but he also played the blues and all sorts of things. His best-known song is probably “Young Man Blues,” which the Who performed on _Live at Leeds_. His “[Parchman Farm](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aJjUDD1o2M)”\* is a kick in the teeth. \*Adapted from a Bukka White song. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mose-allison-jazz-legend-1927-2016/772093/2 "2016-11-15T21:09:10Z")
The Curse of 2016 continues. Well, he had a good long life. Saw him perform, back in the last century. [Everybody’s crying mercy…](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VEzCv5cMWI) ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mose-allison-jazz-legend-1927-2016/772093/3 "2016-11-15T21:09:11Z")
Oh man - I love Mose. The second CD with Parchman Farm and Crepuscular Air, called Local Color, is just amazing. Track 4 Mojo Woman is playing in my brain. Thank you thank you Mose. Fuck 2016 ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2016, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mose-allison-jazz-legend-1927-2016/772093/4 "2016-11-16T00:09:31Z")
Damn! [Your Mind is on Vacation](https://youtu.be/pCpekvOkwNM) ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2016, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mose-allison-jazz-legend-1927-2016/772093/5 "2016-11-16T01:00:19Z")
Mojo Woman: [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Bc1-chG96wE](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Bc1-chG96wE) A fun, lyrical blues. About a minute in he starts his solo. Man, what phrasing. Minimal, melodic. And what a lick vocabulary. He has so many little bits that string together so well. Damn. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2016, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mose-allison-jazz-legend-1927-2016/772093/6 "2016-11-16T01:17:08Z")
Ohhhhhh KAY. I am SO DONE with 2016. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2016, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mose-allison-jazz-legend-1927-2016/772093/7 "2016-11-16T02:16:36Z")
Loved his humor, too. [My Brain](https://youtu.be/uAwfnkO-PhA) ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2016, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mose-allison-jazz-legend-1927-2016/772093/8 "2016-11-16T11:03:34Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > [Mose is gone](http://hottytoddy.com/2016/11/15/mose-allison-dies-age-89/). > > He’s categorized as a jazz musician, but he also played the blues and all sorts of things. His best-known song is probably “Young Man Blues,” which the Who performed on _Live at Leeds_. His “[Parchman Farm](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aJjUDD1o2M)”\* is a kick in the teeth. > > \*Adapted from a Bukka White song. I love Parchman Farm - went back and listened to it. The rim shot drum hit that comes at the end of each cycle of the piano riff was hypnotic to me when I listened to it when I first got the CD. Tried to slap my thigh along with it and feel the groove. Such simple instrumentation that delivers a fun, kinda-off groove. It is a track covered on the John Mayall featuring Eric Clapton “Beano” album. Mose’s is so much better. ---
**Author:** ![txjim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f07891/32.png) [@txjim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txjim)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2016, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mose-allison-jazz-legend-1927-2016/772093/9 "2016-11-16T16:10:12Z")
I was introduced to him watching Soundstage back in 1975. [Mose Allison](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5fHpC4Wux8) The other act was Tom Waits. An incredible pairing!