The bridge between jazz and blues (and a damn funny songwriter) Mose Allison brought his piano stylings to the Narrows on Friday night for the first time."When I discovered Mose Allison I felt I had discovered the missing link between jazz and blues," says Ray Davies.
This 80+ year old hep cat with a voice of a 35 year old jive talker kept a packed house hanging on every dry-witted lyric, like the one your humble blogger is using as the headline. That's from Mose's song "Your Mind in on Vacation But Your Mouth is Working Overtime," a favorite of mine (and of Van Morrison and Elvis Costello, who covered it).
"If talk were criminal, you'd lead a life of crime. 'Cause your mind is on vacation and your mouth is working overtime."
Mose posed below with his bassist, Paul DelNero, in the Narrows "green room" shortly before the performance.
No comments:
Post a Comment