Mose Alive! Explained

Mose Alive!
Type:	Live album
Artist:	Mose Allison
Cover:	Mose Alive!.jpg
Released:	1966
Recorded:	October 22–31, 1965
Venue:	The Lighthouse, Hermosa Beach, CA
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Atlantic SD 1450
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.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.^[3]

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

• Mose Allison – piano, vocals
  • Stanley Gilbert – bass Mel Lee – drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/atlantic-records/catalog-1400-series/#1450 Atlantic Records Catalog: 1400 series
2. http://moseallison.com/?page_id=119 Mose Allison discography
3. http://www.allmusic.com/album/mose-alive!-mw0000908543 Allmusic listing