Back Country Suite

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Back Country Suite
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Studio album by
Mose Allison
Released1957
RecordedMarch 7, 1957
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
Genre Blues, jazz
Length38:32
Label Prestige
PRLP 7091
Producer Bob Weinstock
Mose Allison chronology
Back Country Suite
(1957)		 Local Color
(1957)

Back Country Suite is the debut album by blues/jazz pianist and vocalist Mose Allison which was recorded in 1957 and later released on the Prestige label. [1] The album features the first recording of Allison's "Young Man Blues" (titled simply "Blues") which was later covered by The Who on their album Live at Leeds .

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Reception

Professional ratings
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Scott Yanow, in his review for Allmusic, says "Mose Allison's very first recording finds the 29-year-old pianist taking just two vocals but those are actually the most memorable selections... The centerpiece of this trio outing... is Allison's ten-part "Back Country Suite," a series of short concise folk melodies that puts the focus on his somewhat unusual piano style which, although boppish, also looked back at the country blues tradition. Very interesting music". [2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz wrote that "The deft miniatures are winsome and rocking by turns, and LaFargue and Isola read the leader's moves beautifully." [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Mose Allison except where noted.

  1. "Back Country Suite: New Ground" – 2:05
  2. "Back Country Suite: Train" – 1:50
  3. "Back Country Suite: Warm Night" – 1:47
  4. "Back Country Suite: Blues" – 1:28
  5. "Back Country Suite: Saturday" – 1:24
  6. "Back Country Suite: Scamper" – 2:15
  7. "Back Country Suite: January" – 1:38
  8. "Back Country Suite: Promised Land" – 2:03
  9. "Back Country Suite: Spring Song" – 1:23
  10. "Back Country Suite: Highway 49" – 1:39
  11. "Blueberry Hill" (Al Lewis, Vincent Rose, Larry Stock) – 3:00
  12. "You Won't Let Me Go" (Buddy Johnson) – 3:46
  13. "I Thought About You" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Mercer) – 3:53
  14. "One Room Country Shack" (Mercy Dee Walton) – 3:05
  15. "In Salah" – 3:45

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Prestige Records discography accessed May 16, 2013
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic listing accessed May 16, 2013
  3. 1 2 Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 26. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
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