RUFFIN: NOW, A JAZZ MOMENT

"You Can Count On Me To Do My Part"

RUFFIN: FOLK MUSICIAN GREG BROWN HAS BEEN LISTENING TO NEA JAZZ MASTER MOSE ALLISON, FOR DECADES. HERE’S WHY.

GREG BROWN: MOSE SINGS A LOT LIKE A HORN IN SOME WAYS. WHICH I THINK IS USUALLY BASED ON, I CAN ONLY CALL IT, THE BEAT OR THE GROOVE OF A PERSON. YOU KNOW ONE THING I’D SAY ABOUT MOSE THAT FIRST APPEALED TO ME IS HE WORKS FROM AN INTERIOR RHYTHM, WHICH COMES OUT IN THE LYRICS AND IN THE MUSIC. IT’S GOT THAT AUTHENTICITY.  

You Can Count On Me To Do My Part

GREG BROWN: WHEN I HEAR THAT THING WHERE IT’S REALLY COMING FROM INSIDE SOMEBODY. YOU KNOW AND THEY’RE KIND OF SINGING THEMSELVES, YOU MIGHT SAY. MOSE STRUCK ME THAT WAY RIGHT AWAY.

You Can Count On Me To Do My Part

RUFFIN: THIS JAZZ MOMENT ABOUT 2013 NEA JAZZ MASTER MOSE ALLISON WAS PRODUCED BY THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS.

Music Credit: Excerpt of "You Can Count On Me To Do My Part" written and performed by Mose Allison from his cd, Allison Wonderland, used courtesy of Atlantic Records/Rhino, and used by permission of Audre Mae Music Inc. (BMI).