Local Color (Mose Allison album)

Local Color
Studio album by Mose Allison
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
Mose Allison chronology
Back Country Suite (1957) Local Color (1958) Young Man Mose (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.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[3]

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".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Mose Allison except as indicated

1. "Carnival" – 2:59
2. "Parchman Farm" – 3:17
3. "Crepuscular Air" – 3:43
4. "Mojo Woman" – 4:04
5. "Town" – 3:21
6. "Trouble in Mind" (Richard M. Jones) – 3:13
7. "Lost Mind" (Percy Mayfield) – 3:31
8. "I'll Never Be Free" (Bennie Benjamin, George Weiss) – 5:36
9. "Don't Ever Say Goodbye" (Duke Ellington) – 3:12
10. "Ain't You a Mess" – 2:40

Personnel

• Mose Allison – piano, trumpet on 6, vocals
• Addison Farmer – bass
• Nick Stabulas – drums

References

1. Prestige Records discography accessed May 16, 2013
2. Yanow, S. Allmusic listing accessed May 16, 2013
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 26. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.