Local Color (album)

Local Color
Studio album by Mose Allison
Released	1958
Recorded	November 8, 1957 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 (1957) 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]

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]

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 David 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