Mose in Your Ear

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Mose in Your Ear
Live album by
Released1972
RecordedApril 26, 1972
In You Ear in Palo Alto, CA
GenreJazz
Length38:47
LabelAtlantic
SD 1627
ProducerMose Allison
Mose Allison chronology
Western Man
(1971)
Mose in Your Ear
(1972)
Your Mind Is on Vacation
(1976)

Mose in Your Ear is a live album by American pianist, vocalist and composer Mose Allison recorded at the "In Your Ear" club in Palo Alto, California[1] for the Atlantic label in 1972.[2][3]

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[5]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars with its review by Scott Yanow calling it a "near-classic set" and stating "This live session from 1972 features Mose Allison at his best".[4]

Track listing[edit]

All compositions by Mose Allison except as indicated

  1. "Look What You Made Me Do" – 3:28
  2. "Fool's Paradise" (Jerry Fuller, Mabel Cordle) – 4:56
  3. "I Don't Worry About a Thing" – 2:41
  4. "Powerhouse" – 8:41
  5. "Hey, Good Lookin'" (Hank Williams) – 1:56
  6. "I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues" (Duke Ellington, Don George) – 4:26
  7. "You Can Count on Me to Do My Part" – 2:33
  8. "You Are My Sunshine" (Jimmie Davis, Charles Mitchell) – 3:09
  9. "Don't Forget to Smile" – 2:35
  10. "The Seventh Son" (Willie Dixon) – 4:22

Personnel[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Album cover for Atlantic SD1627
  2. ^ Atlantic Records Catalog: 1600 series accessed September 25, 2015
  3. ^ Mose Allison discography accessed September 25, 2015
  4. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Mose in Your Ear – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
  5. ^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.