Mose Allison “Local Color”

Mose Allison

“Local Color”
( LP Prestige Records, 1957 – Reissued in 1990 )
Catalog # 4572
Original Catalog # PR 7121

Tracklisting:
01 Carnival (Allison) 2:59
02 Parchman Farm (Allison) 3:17
03 Crepuscular Air (Allison) 3:43
04 Mojo Woman (Allison) 4:04
05 Town (Allison) 3:21
06 Trouble in Mind (Jones) 3:13
07 Lost Mind (Mayfield) 3:31
08 I’ll Never Be Free (Benjamin, Weiss) 5:36
09 Don’t Ever Say Goodbye (Ellington) 3:12
10 Ain’t You a Mess (Allison) 2:40

Personnel:
Mose Allison – piano, trumpet(#6 only), vocal (#2 & #7 only)
Addison Farmer – bass
Nick Stabulas – drums

Notes:
Recorded in Hackensack, New Jersey; November 8, 1957
Digital remastering, 1990-Phil De Lancie
(Fantasy Studios, Berkeley)
** Also issued on Fantasy OJC 457, OJCCD 457-2
** Part of Prestige PR 24002

Review:
This reissue brings back Mose Allison’s second of six Prestige recordings. Allison performs eight instrumentals in a trio with bassist Addison Farmer and drummer Nick Stabulas, displaying his unusual mixture of country blues and bebop and even taking an effective trumpet solo on “Trouble In Mind.” However it is his vocals on “Lost Mind” and particularly the classic “Parchman Farm” that are most memorable.
By Scott Yanow (AMG)

By Rob