Local Color | |
Type: | Studio |
Artist: | Mose Allison |
Cover: | Local Color (album).jpg |
Released: | 1958 |
Recorded: | November 8, 1957 |
Studio: | Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey |
Genre: | Blues, jazz |
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.[1] 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.
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".[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz praised the rendition of "Lost Mind" and highlighted a rare instance of Allison playing trumpet, on "Trouble in Mind".
All compositions by Mose Allison except as indicated