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Mose Allison
Gimcracks and Gewgaws
Release Date: 1997
Running Time: 44:55
Label: Blue Note
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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. Richard S. Ginell, All Music Guide

Tracks:
TitleComposerTime
1MJA Jr.Allison3:33
2Gimcracks and GewgawsAllison5:14
3Numbers on PaperAllison2:35
4Cruise ControlAllison2:59
5St. Louis BluesHandy4:05
6MockingbirdAllison3:03
7More You GetAllison2:53
8TexannaAllison2:29
9What Will It BeAllison3:11
10So TiredMorgan, Bernstein, Allison4:03
11Somebody Gonna Have to MoveAllison1:57
12Fires of SpringAllison3:30
13What's With YouAllison3:32
14Old Man BluesAllison1:33







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