ZUM TOD DES US-AMERIKANISCHEN JAZZPIANISTEN, SÄNGERS UND KOMPONISTEN MOSE ALLISON

Der am 11. November 1927 in Tippo (Tallahatchie County) geborene US-amerikanische Jazzpianist, Sänger, Texter und Komponist John Mose Allison Jr. (Bild) ist am 15. November 2016 ebenda gestorben.

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After 65 years of touring Mose Allison had retired from live performance.  

Mose Allison was honored as one of the 2013 Jazz Masters by the National Endowment for the Arts at Lincoln Center on January 14, 2013. He was also honored with a blues marker on the Mississippi Blues Trail in his home town of Tippo, Mississippi.

http://hottytoddy.com/2016/11/15/mose-allison-dies-age-89/

Mose Allison, Iconic Blues and Jazz Pianist, Dead at 89

The Who, Yardbirds, Van Morrison, the Clash and Elvis Costello all covered musician’s prolific catalog

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/mose-allison-iconic-blues-and-jazz-pianist-dead-at-89-w450619

Mose Allison, a pianist, singer and songwriter who straddled modern jazz and Delta blues, belonging to both styles even as he became a touchstone for British Invasion rockers and folksy troubadours, died on Tuesday at his home in Hilton Head, S.C.

Nate Chinen

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/16/arts/music/mose-allison-a-font-of-jazz-and-blues-dies-at-89.html?_r=0

«William Faulkner of jazz»

Mose Allison, a genre-defying pianist, singer and composer/lyricist whose wittily sardonic, blues-driven songs earned him the title of «The William Faulkner of Jazz,» has died. The news was confirmed on Allison’s official website.

Don Heckman

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-me-mose-allison-20161115-story.html

After soaking up blues and boogie-woogie during his teens, he studied at the University of Mississippi for a year, then joined the military in 1946 and played in the army band. In 1956 he moved to New York, where he embarked on a career that would see him performing with jazz legends such as Stan Getz and Gerry Mulligan. A year later he released his first album, Back Country Suite, on the Prestige label – the first of over 30 he would record.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/16/mose-allison-dies-aged-89-jazz-blues-musician

Mose Allison entwickelte einen Stil, der die musikalischen Traditionen des Jazz und Blues mit den Alltagsbeobachtungen der Folkmusik vereinte. In Lyrics zu Songs wie «Your Mind Is on Vacation (And Your Mouth Is Working Overtime)» (…) schlug sich ein ironischer und trocken spottender Ton nieder, der Allison auch als Texter berühmt machte.

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http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/mose-allison-jazz-pianist-und-saenger-ist-tot-a-1121535.html

Interrogé pour savoir si le fait d’être blanc dans l’univers du blues lui a porté préjudice, il a répondu avec le sourire: «Je n’avais pas de problème jusqu’à ce que j’arrive à New York. C’est là que tout le monde a commencé à me dire que je ne pouvais pas faire ce que je faisais».

http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2016/11/16/97001-20161116FILWWW00029-le-pianiste-blanc-mose-allison-meurt-a-89-ans.php

Audios / Videos:

Mose Allison Sings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGAYeRcfiW8

Mose Allison – Your Mind Is On Vacation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCpekvOkwNM

Mose Allison – I Don’t Worry About a Thing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5fHpC4Wux8

The Who – Young Man Blues (Mose Allison) – 7/7/1970 – Tanglewood (Official)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1CJuzpuca4

Mehr:

http://www.moseallison.net/

https://www.discogs.com/de/artist/253477-Mose-Allison

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mose_Allison