RIP Mose Allison

[Fun2Learn]

Yesterday, From the LA Times link:

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 news was confirmed on Allison’s official website. He was 89.
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“What Allison does,” Richard Harrington wrote in 2004 in the Washington Post, “is craft wry songs filled with irony and mordant wit, delivering them in an easygoing, sometimes deadpan style underscored by his own uncluttered piano accompaniment."
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“His songs were covered by numerous pop/rock groups, among them the Who, the Clash, Bonnie Raitt, Van Morrison, Elvis Costello, Eric Clapton, Leon Russell, Blue Cheer and the Yardbirds, as well as jazz artists Diana Krall and Karrin Allyson.”
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/mose-allison-iconic-blues-and-jazz-pianist-dead-at-89-w450619
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/mose-allison-iconic-blues-and-jazz-pianist-dead-at-89-w450619

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-me-mose-allison-20161115-story.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/16/arts/music/mose-allison-a-font-of-jazz-and-blues-dies-at-89.html

 

[macyjrm]

I have enjoyed his music for decades. His style was absolutely his own. While he never attained widespread acclaim, his influence was enormous. I was fortunate enough to attend a ceremony in 2012 of the unveiling of his marker on the Mississippi Blues Trail located in his hometown of Tippo, MS. Mose was present with his wife and son. His brother who remains a resident of Tippo was also there. I think he was genuinely touched

 

[dfunghi]

So, has 2016 been about the worst year in memory for losing musical (and theater) giants? Seems so........

An absolutely original along the lines of Mingus IMO.

RIP

 

[FONSguy]

Rest in Peace Mr. Allison.
Jonathan "Weasel" Gilbert, famous progressive music DJ at Washington areas WHFS@102.3 FM used to play a lot of his music and tried for years to get Mose into the Hall of Fame. Maybe now........

 

[Mitkraft]

I have been saying for many many years that I'm going to start playing my trumpet again and get back in shape. But I've just now made the conscious decision to avoid it for the rest of 2016 at least!

So, has 2016 been about the worst year in memory for losing musical (and theater) giants? Seems so........

 

[crouse]

Well, so many of us on this site are of an age that our heroes are starting to leave us.

 

[Todd MacDona]

RIP Mose