Local Color (Mose Allison album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Local Color
| type = Studio
| artist = Mose Allison
| cover = Local Color (album).jpg
| alt =
| released = 1958
| recorded = November 8, 1957
| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
| venue =
| length = 35:36
| label = Prestige
PRLP 7121
| producer = Bob Weinstock
| chronology = Mose Allison
| prev_title = Back Country Suite
| prev_year = 1957
| next_title = Young Man Mose
| next_year = 1958
}}
Local Color is the second album by blues/jazz pianist and vocalist Mose Allison which was recorded in 1957 and released on the Prestige label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-7100-series/#prlp-7121 Prestige Records discography] accessed May 16, 2013 The album features the first recording of Allison's "Parchman Farm" which was later covered by John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers on their album Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton.
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz
| rev2Score = {{rating|3|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |author-link=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=26}}
}}
Scott Yanow, in his review for Allmusic, says "Allison performs eight instrumentals in a trio... displaying his unusual mixture of country blues and bebop... However it is his vocals on "Lost Mind" and particularly the classic "Parchman Farm" that are most memorable".Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/local-color-mw0000310323 Allmusic listing] accessed May 16, 2013 The Penguin Guide to Jazz praised the rendition of "Lost Mind" and highlighted a rare instance of Allison playing trumpet, on "Trouble in Mind".
Track listing
All compositions by Mose Allison except as indicated
- "Carnival" – 2:59
- "Parchman Farm" – 3:17
- "Crepuscular Air" – 3:43
- "Mojo Woman" – 4:04
- "Town" – 3:21
- "Trouble in Mind" (Richard M. Jones) – 3:13
- "Lost Mind" (Percy Mayfield) – 3:31
- "I'll Never Be Free" (Bennie Benjamin, George Weiss) – 5:36
- "Don't Ever Say Goodbye" (Duke Ellington) – 3:12
- "Ain't You a Mess" – 2:40
Personnel
- Mose Allison – piano, trumpet on 6, vocals
- Addison Farmer – bass
- Nick Stabulas – drums
References
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Category:Prestige Records albums
Category:Albums produced by Bob Weinstock