Mose Alive!

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{{Infobox album

| name = Mose Alive!

| type = Live album

| artist = Mose Allison

| cover = Mose Alive!.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1966

| recorded = October 22–31, 1965

| venue = The Lighthouse, Hermosa Beach, CA

| studio =

| genre = Jazz

| length =

| label = Atlantic

| producer = Nesuhi Ertegun

| chronology = Mose Allison

| prev_title = Wild Man on the Loose

| prev_year = 1965

| next_title = I've Been Doin' Some Thinkin'

| next_year = 1968

}}

Mose Alive! is a live album by American pianist, vocalist and composer Mose Allison recorded at the Lighthouse Café in California for the Atlantic label in 1965.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/atlantic-records/catalog-1400-series/#1450 Atlantic Records Catalog: 1400 series] accessed September 25, 2015[http://moseallison.com/?page_id=119 Mose Allison discography] accessed September 25, 2015

Reception

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}

| rev2 = Record Mirror

| rev2Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{Cite magazine |last1=Jones |first1=Peter |author-link1=Peter Jones (journalist) |last2= Jopling |first2= Norman |date=June 11, 1966 |title=Mose Allison: Move Alive |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/66/Record-Mirror-1966-06-11.pdf |magazine=Record Mirror |issue=274 |page=8 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401225752/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/66/Record-Mirror-1966-06-11.pdf |archive-date=April 1, 2022|access-date=November 18, 2022}}

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Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.[http://www.allmusic.com/album/mose-alive!-mw0000908543 Allmusic listing], accessed September 25, 2015

Track listing

All compositions by Mose Allison except as indicated

  1. "Smashed" – 2:20
  2. "Seventh Son" (Willie Dixon) – 2:30
  3. "Fool's Paradise" (Jesse Fuller) – 3:36
  4. "I Love the Life I Live" (Dixon) – 2:26
  5. "Since I Fell for You" (Buddy Johnson) – 2:47
  6. "Love for Sale" (Cole Porter) – 5:17
  7. "Baby, Please Don't Go" (Joe Williams) – 2:40
  8. "That's Alright" (Jimmy Rogers) – 2:28
  9. "Parchman Farm" – 3:11
  10. "Tell Me Somethin'" – 2:30
  11. "The Chaser" – 6:44

Personnel

References