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
piano improvising
I'm improvising all the time. Everything I do is improvised. On the piano, at least.
dad player piano
My dad was a self-taught stride piano player. The myth is - I don't whether it's true or not - that he taught himself to play by watching a player piano.
teacher years piano
I started going to a piano teacher at 5 years old, but pretty soon I started picking things out on my own and stopped taking music lessons. I never could read music very well, but I've still been doing it.
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.
cds needs buying
I have lots of CDs that came out at one time or another, and according to the statements I've gotten, no one's buying them.I figured there's no need making a new CD. There are plenty of mine out there, and none of them are selling.