Mose Allison – Eight Classic Albums (8 Original Albums On 4 CDS)

Mose formed his own trio in 1958 with Addison Farmer on bass and Nick Stabulas on drums and it was this line up that recorded Young Man Mose, Allison’s third album. For the follow up, Creek Bank, Stabulas was replaced by Ronnie Free who would stay for three albums.

By 1959’s Autumn Song Allison was becoming better known for his vocal skills than his piano playing, although he also continued to compose enthusiastically and many of his Prestige albums were made up of a mix of self-composed cuts and his self arranged versions of pop, blues and jazz standards, as well as covers of then-contemporary writers like Ray Charles.