Mose Allison
Mose Allison
Mose John Allison, Jr.is an American jazz blues pianist, singer and songwriter...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPianist
Date of Birth11 November 1927
CountryUnited States of America
swings numbers people
I went through the whole number, you know. The swing era, the boogie woogie era, the bebop era. Thelonious Monk is still one of my favorites. So a lot of these people had their effect on me.
party kids black
I never thought I was playing black music. I was just playing music, the stuff I liked. I sang blues at parties and things when I was a kid.
bothered
The thing of playin' and singin' never bothered me.
different influence
I just have a lot off different influences.
song thinking ideas
I'm always storing away phrases and ideas and things that I think might turn into songs.
army player engineering
I was taking chemical engineering. But I went into the army after that. When I came out of the army, I was a different person. I met a lot of good jazz players in the army.
plans havens
I haven't stopped and I don't plan on stoppin' any time soon.
ideas no-idea
I have no idea what I'm doin'. I've never seen me.
money new-york decided
I finally decided if I was going to make a living, I was gonna have to come to New York.
color trying records
[The producer told me:] "We can try one more record, and we'll see how that one does." Those records never did anything. My music never got mentioned. My color got mentioned.
couple people tunes
I do very few standards. Hardly any. Other people's tunes that I do are usually obscure tunes, for the most part, although I do a couple of Duke Ellington tunes that are well known.
writing brain down-and
I never sit down and write. I just sorta let things form in my brain.
years crowds
I been getting good crowds. It only took 50 years.
office long care
I don't care what anyone does, as long as they go through the copyright office.