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Mose Allison (b.1927) is a U.S. jazz pianist and singer.

He was born John Mose Allison. Jr., on 11th November 1927 in Tippo, Tallahatchie County, in the Mississippi Delta. He played piano in grammar school and trumpet in high school. He went to college at the University of Mississippi and Louisiana State University. He received a B.A. in English with a minor in Philosophy. After serving in the U.S. Army, he moved to New York City and launched his music career.

Allison’s first exposure to blues on record was through Louis Jordan recordings, including “Outskirts of Town” and “Pinetop Blues”. Allison credits Jordan as being a major influence on him, and also cites as influences Nat King Cole, Louis Armstrong, and Fats Waller. He started out on trumpet but later switched to piano. In his youth, he had easy access, via the radio, to the music of Pete Johnson , Albert Ammons, and Meade Lux Lewis . Allison also credits the songwriter Percy Mayfield , “The Poet Laureate of the Blues”, as being a major inspiration on his songwriting.

Allison began his recording career with the Prestige label in 1956, shortly after he moved to New York City. He recorded an album with Al Cohn and Bobby Brookmeyer , and then in 1957 got his own record contract. A big break was the opportunity to play with Cohn and Zoot Sims shortly after his arrival in New York, but he later became more well known after playing with saxophonist Stan Getz.

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