Mose Allison Trio at Stanford Jazz Festival

Mississippi native Mose Allison’s appeal “cuts across all musical boundaries,” according to singer Bonnie Raitt. His piano style combines the brilliance of bebop with the folksy directness of country blues, and his unique voice has inspired a generation of blues-rockers. But it’s Allison’s original songs (covered by dozens of artists including Raitt, Diana Krall and Van Morrison) that reveal the hilarities and hypocrisies of modern life. The New Yorker labeled him “a National Treasure,” and his latest album ‑ 2010’s The Way of the World, his first studio recording in more than a decade ‑ earned a four-star review in DownBeat for its “subversive mix of irony and cracker-barrel attitude.”...

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Mississippi native Mose Allison’s appeal “cuts across all musical boundaries,” according to singer Bonnie Raitt. His piano style combines the brilliance of bebop with the folksy directness of country blues, and his unique voice has inspired a generation of blues-rockers. But it’s Allison’s original songs (covered by dozens of artists including Raitt, Diana Krall and Van Morrison) that reveal the hilarities and hypocrisies of modern life. The New Yorker labeled him “a National Treasure,” and his latest album ‑ 2010’s The Way of the World, his first studio recording in more than a decade ‑ earned a four-star review in DownBeat for its “subversive mix of irony and cracker-barrel attitude.”

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