Your Mind Is on Vacation explained

Your Mind Is on Vacation
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Mose Allison
Cover:	Your Mind Is on Vacation.jpg
Released:	1976
Recorded:	April 5, 7, 8 & 9, 1976 Atlantic Recording Studios and Regent Recording Studios in NYC
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	36:47
Label:	Atlantic SD 1691
Producer:	Joel Dorn
Chronology:	Mose Allison
Prev Title:	Mose in Your Ear
Prev Year:	1972
Next Title:	Pure Mose
Next Year:	1978

Your Mind Is on Vacation is an album by American pianist, vocalist and composer Mose Allison recorded for the Atlantic label in 1976.^{[1] [2]} The album cover was designed by Seymour Chwast.

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars and its review by Scotty Yanow states, "It seems strange to realize that this was Mose Allison's only recording during the 1973–1981 period".

Track listing

All compositions by Mose Allison except as indicated

1. "Your Mind Is on Vacation" – 2:34
2. "Foolin' Myself" (Jack Lawrence, Peter Tinturin) – 2:52
3. "No Matter" – 3:40
4. "One of These Days" – 4:29
5. "I Feel So Good" – 2:25
6. "Fires of Spring" – 2:57
7. "If You Only Knew" – 2:42
8. "I Can't See for Lookin'" (Arnold Stanford, Nadine Robinson) – 3:57
9. "What Do You Do After You Ruin Your Life" – 3:23
10. "Swingin' Machine" – 4:08
11. "Perfect Movement" – 3:30
12. "Your Molecular Structure" – 2:16

Personnel

• Mose Allison – piano, vocals
• Jack Hannah – bass
• Jerry Granelli – drums
• Al Porcino – trumpet (tracks 1, 4, 6, 7 & 12)
• David Sanborn – alto saxophone (tracks 1, 4, 6, 7 & 12)
• Al Cohn (tracks 2 & 8), Joe Farrell (tracks 1, 4, 6, 7 & 12) – tenor saxophone

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/atlantic-records/catalog-1600-series/#sd-1691 Atlantic Records Catalog: 1600 series
2. http://moseallison.com/?page_id=119 Mose Allison discography