Tell Me Something: The Song of Mose Allison
Tell Me Something: The Songs of Mose Allison (English Version) A veil of fog shrouds the collective perception of Van Morrison. For decades, less attentive critics have pigeonholed him as the Celtic bard, architect of a pastoral and visionary folk-soul mysticism. Yet, looking beneath the surface of his entire trajectory, a different truth emerges: Morrison has never ceased using jazz as his formal compass. He has done so not as an academic, nor as a devoted imitator of the classics, but as a corsair, chewing up be-bop, distorting swing, and bending the material to his own spiritual urgency. The moment of maximum epiphany of this clandestine identity occurred in October 1996 with the release of Tell Me Something: The Songs of Mose Allison. This record represents not a simple belated tribute, but the explosion of an intellectual and sonic alliance among four extraordinary personalities: Morrison himself, Georgie Fame, Ben Sidran, and the undisputed master Mose Allison. United by a common...