Jazz for aficionados

Thanks i will try to slowly tame him with my heart in spite of my hesitation...

Anybody meaningful discovery can be ours if we stay attentive indeed ...

mahgister, Mose Allison is in his own world. He has played jazz piano behind Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan, Zoot Sims and others. He writes many of the songs he sings, although the Seventh Son was written by Willie Dixon. I first heard him in the mid-sixties, when I was in my early twenties and I was blown away, not just by his voice, but also because he was white. I never would have guessed it listening to him. He seems to ride the line between jazz and rhythm & blues and has influenced many rock stars. Here he is singing one of his most famous songs "Parchman Farm." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRAYLabbHPk

I think I was lucky to hear him in my early twenties because I had no expectations considering genre, jazz, rock, rhythm and blues. I just flat-out was blown away by the guy. If you don’t think of him as "jazz," you might like him better. I’ve heard him live several times and seen him in the movie "The Score" (De Niro, Brando, Angela Bassett, Edward Norton) as the jazz guy in the background. When I heard him live once he didn’t sing at all, just played jazz piano.

maghister, I like music that rides between genres. I’m listening to Herbie Hancock’s "River," a tribute to Joni Mitchell who was much interested in jazz. I saw him at the Hollywood Bowl do the album "River." One thing I remember, the bass player was in the back where bass players usually are. But it was Esperanza Spalding and her fingers were like a fast, fast spider splaying all over that finger board. I couldn’t take my eyes off her. She really dominated that concert. 

@audio-b-dog -Thanks for adding both Gato Barbieri and Mose Allison to the conversation. I have "Fenix" and play it a half dozen times a year, or so. Gato's recording-mates are impressive-Ron Carter, Lonnie Liston Smith, Joe Beck, and Nana Vasconcelos.

I saw Mose often at The Bottom Line, in NYC. Correct me if I am wrong-The Who play his composition, "Young Man Blues" on "Live at Leeds." Bonnie Raitt covers, "Everybody's Cryin' Mercy". He also wrote great lyrics-"Your Molecular Structure," and "Your Mind is on Vacation."

Thanks frogman for J.J. Johnson...A phenomenal musician master of trombone fluidity...

The Columbia 1960 4 albums are a gem music and sound...

As usual you feed me the right stuff...

https://www.amazon.com/Columbia-Albums-Collection-1961-JJ-JOHNSON/dp/B07L22H91L

wharfy, I know a lot of rock bands have covered Mose Allison’s songs. I’m not sure which have covered what, though. Several times a year, I get out of bed and say to myself, "I have to listen to Mose today." 

I’m not a straight-up jazz listener. I like all kinds of music, but I also like all kinds of jazz adjacent music. If Mose  is just playing jazz, then he’s a jazzman. If he’s playing and singing, he’s not exactly a jazz singer  but his piano is playing jazz.

I’m a big Gato Barbieri fan. I don’t have "Fenix," though. I’ll stream it. Thanks for mentioning it.