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
night years feels
I didn't feel anything [frustraiting]. I just kept working 110 or 120 nights a year.
years concerts nightclubs
So I'm in my 51st year of playin' mostly nightclubs. I do some concerts.
night years able
I've been able to do pretty well. I don't work as many consecutive nights as I used to, but I'm still working over 100 nights a year, so that's good for me.
jobs night play
I just try to do as good job with the material as I can and play some jazz as well, some improvised music, and do that every night. Just see where it goes.
affected american-musician people
At this point, I don't listen to other people too much. I'm not really that affected by anyone.
american-musician wears
Traveling these days has a lot of problems and also it wears you out more.
american-musician
I can't judge my own stuff. That's for others. But those are the three things that I admire.
american-musician liked louis
Louis Jordan, I always liked him as well.
american-musician classical sort
Then I started listenin' a lot to classical composers. Piano works. Just to see what they were doin'. That sort of put me in a different groove to try to blend all that in.
american-musician
It's as much fun as it ever was, you know, once I get there. Gettin' there is a little harder.
american-musician terrible
There's a lot of terrible things goin' on all the time, but you gotta try and have some fun in the end.
american-musician express nice several six size weeks work
Pizza Express has been a real godsend for me. I've been working there for several years, six weeks a year. You can go to work every night and play. It's a nice little club. It's just about the right size for me, about 150 people.
american-musician
But I got an audience that knows what I do. They usually show up, so I usually do pretty good.
american-musician days people shows turned wish
These people that think I'm cynical, I wish they'd come to see my shows these days because I've turned into a comedian, practically.