''Hello There, Universe'' is an album by American pianist, vocalist and composer

Mose Allison Mose John Allison Jr. (November 11, 1927 – November 15, 2016) was an American jazz and blues pianist, singer, and songwriter. He became notable for playing a unique mix of blues and modern jazz, both singing and playing piano. After moving to N ...

released on the

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label in 1970.Mose Allison discography
accessed September 25, 2015

Reception

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awarded the album 3 stars with its review by Scott Yanow calling it "a gap-filler rather than an essential recording".

Track listing

''All compositions by Mose Allison except as indicated'' # "Somebody Gotta Move" – 2:13 # "Monsters of the Id" – 4:53 # "I Don't Want Much" – 2:37 # "Hello There, Universe" – 3:48 # "No Exit" – 3:39 # "Wild Man on the Loose" – 2:24 # " Blues in the Night" ( Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 4:52 # "I'm Smashed" – 2:53 # "Hymn to Everything" – 6:17 # "On the Run" – 2:17

Personnel

– piano, organ, vocals *

Jimmy Nottingham James Edward Nottingham, Jr. (December 15, 1925 – November 16, 1978), also known as Sir James, was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player. He was born in New York, United States, and started performing professionally in 1943 in Brookl ...

, Richard Williams – trumpet *

Jerome Richardson Jerome Richardson (November 15, 1920 – June 23, 2000) was an American jazz musician, tenor saxophonist, and flute player, who also played soprano sax, alto sax, baritone sax, clarinet, bass clarinet, alto flute and piccolo. He played with C ...

– flute, alto saxophone *

Joe Farrell Joseph Carl Firrantello (December 16, 1937 – January 10, 1986), known as Joe Farrell, was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist who primarily performed as a saxophonist and flutist. He is best known for a series of albums under his own name o ...

(tracks 1, 3–7, 9 & 10), Joe Henderson (tracks 2 & 8) –

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while ...

Pepper Adams Park Frederick "Pepper" Adams III (October 8, 1930 – September 10, 1986) was an American jazz baritone saxophonist and composer. He composed 42 pieces, was the leader on eighteen albums spanning 28 years, and participated in 600 sessions as a s ...

(tracks 1, 2, 8 & 9)

Seldon Powell Seldon Powell (15 November 1928 – 25 January 1997) was an American soul jazz, swing, and R&B tenor saxophonist and flautist born in Lawrenceville, Virginia. He worked with Tab Smith (1949), Lucky Millinder (1949–51), Neal Hefti, and L ...

(tracks 3–7 & 10) – baritone saxophone * Bob Cranshaw (tracks 2 & 8), John Williams (tracks 1, 3–7, 9 & 10) – bass *Joe Cocuzzo – drums

References

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