Hello There, Universe
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{{Infobox album
| name = Hello There, Universe
| type = Studio
| artist = Mose Allison
| cover = Hello There, Universe.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1970
| recorded = October 16 & 21, 1969 and January 22 & 29, 1970
| venue =
| studio = Regent Sound Studio, New York City
| genre = Jazz
| length = 36:22
| label = Atlantic
| producer = Joel Dorn
| chronology = Mose Allison
| prev_title = I've Been Doin' Some Thinkin'
| prev_year = 1968
| next_title = Western Man
| next_year = 1971
}}
Hello There, Universe is an album by American pianist, vocalist and composer Mose Allison released on the Atlantic label in 1970.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/atlantic-records/catalog-1500-series/#sd-1550 Atlantic Records Catalog: 1500 series] accessed September 25, 2015[http://moseallison.com/?page_id=119 Mose Allison discography] accessed September 25, 2015
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
}}
Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars with its review by Scott Yanow calling it "a gap-filler rather than an essential recording".{{AllMusic|first=Scott |last=Yanow |class=album |id=mw0000259763 |title=Hello There, Universe – Review |accessdate=September 25, 2015}}
Track listing
All compositions by Mose Allison except as indicated
- "Somebody Gotta Move" – 2:13
- "Monsters of the Id" – 4:53
- "I Don't Want Much" – 2:37
- "Hello There, Universe" – 3:48
- "No Exit" – 3:39
- "Wild Man on the Loose" – 2:24
- "Blues in the Night" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 4:52
- "I'm Smashed" – 2:53
- "Hymn to Everything" – 6:17
- "On the Run" – 2:17
Personnel
- Mose Allison – piano, organ, vocals
- Jimmy Nottingham, Richard Williams – trumpet
- Jerome Richardson – flute, alto saxophone
- Joe Farrell (tracks 1, 3–7, 9 & 10), Joe Henderson (tracks 2 & 8) – tenor saxophone
- Pepper Adams (tracks 1, 2, 8 & 9) Seldon Powell (tracks 3–7 & 10) – baritone saxophone
- Bob Cranshaw (tracks 2 & 8), John Williams (tracks 1, 3–7, 9 & 10) – bass
- Joe Cocuzzo – drums