Mose Allison News

The moonlit melodies of Seasmoke will help the Seacoast kick off 2010 at the Kittery Art Association.

Mose Allison, the "Sage of Tippo, Miss.," returns to the Jazz Corner on Hilton Head Island for what's becoming regular December engagement this weekend.

Ben Sidran has emerged over the past 40 years as a jack of many creative trades and the master of them all.

Photographer W. Eugene Smith moved into a loft at 821 Sixth Avenue, in the heart of New Yorka TMs Flower District, in 1957.

Amid the clamor for new releases from John Mayer and Norah Jones this week came good news for a pair of old-timers, too.

His gift for timeless barbs and aphoristic invective has served him well, providing Allison with a trunk full of classic songs as sharp and relevant today as when he first wrote them.

Today is Wednesday, Nov. 11, the 315th day of 2009 with 50 to follow. The moon is waning.

On Saturday evening, Nov. 7 at 8:00PM, a stellar show will grace the stage of the Beanrunner in Peekskill, NY, 201 S. Division St.

Last Sunday's benefit at the Artists' Quarter for guitarist/composer Dean Magraw, who recently underwent a bone marrow transplant, was an all-day jazz fest/love fest.

Blues and jazz songwriting legend Mose Allison sounds positively enthused about his forthcoming CD for Anti- Records.

Mose Allison is a songwriter whose songs have been recorded by The Who, Leon Russell and Bonnie Raitt.

For 50 years, musical hipsters have been talking about Mose Allison's boogie-woogie piano and the way he sings, in a sort of scatting jazz, be-bop style.

Sept. 21 Blowin' Smoke 7:00 p.m. Film : "The Jazz Baroness" Sept. 23 Armstrong Atlantic State University 7 p.m. International Groove Conspiracy 8 p.m. The FlyCats 9 p.m. Longineu Parsons & Flight of the Vultures Sept.

Ben Riley Eric Culberson Blues Band Ben Tucker Bob Mastellar Doug Carn Ed Calle the Jazz Baroness, Hannah Rothschild Grace Kelly Jim Hall Next Mose Allison By Linda Sickler With eight days of free performances, the Savannah Jazz Festival is one of the most highly anticipated musical events of the year.

Here's the lowdown on the best of what's ahead on screen, on stage and on the club and concert scene.

Aug. 27--Pianist/singer/songwriter Mose Allison is a hero to many musicians. The list of artists who have covered his songs during his 50-year career includes several Rock and Roll Hall of Fame enshrinees and a variety of jazz, country and indie rock artists.

Pianist and songwriter Mose Allison will headline the Savannah Jazz Festival next month.

The 2009 poster promoting the Savannah Jazz Festival boasts an image of the oil on canvas painting by Ligel Lambert named "The Definition of Ben Riley." Riley, a regular performer at past Savannah Jazz Festivals turned 75 this year.

Pianist and songwriter Mose Allison will headline the Savannah Jazz Festival next month.

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