Local Color (Mose Allison album)

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. 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
The Penguin Guide to Jazz

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". The Penguin Guide to Jazz praised the rendition of "Lost Mind" and highlighted a rare instance of Allison playing trumpet, on "Trouble in Mind".

Track listing

All compositions by Mose Allison except as indicated

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

Personnel

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

References

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

v t e Mose Allison
Studio albums	Back Country Suite (1957) Local Color (1957) Young Man Mose (1958) Ramblin' with Mose (1958) Creek Bank (1958) Autumn Song (1959) The Word from Mose (1964) The Best of Mose Allison (1988) Allison Wonderland Anthology (1994) Tell Me Something: The Songs of Mose Allison (1996)
Songs	"Parchman Farm" "Young Man Blues"

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