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
kings player classic
My main influences have always been the classic jazz players who sang, like Louis Armstrong and Nat King Cole and Jack Teagarden.
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.
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.
play gigs london
I do some concerts. At the moment, I'm being helped a lot by a gig I play in London, which is Pizza Express.
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.
player ems classic
All the classic jazz players all sang and a lot of 'em sang blues.
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.
american-musician gonna happen jazz knows nobody predict
I'm pretty much self-centered in that way. I don't try to predict what's gonna happen to jazz or anything like that. Nobody knows what jazz.
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 liked louis
Louis Jordan, I always liked him as well.
american-musician
I can't judge my own stuff. That's for others. But those are the three things that I admire.
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 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.