Your Mind Is on Vacation
| Your Mind Is on Vacation | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1976 | |||
| Recorded | April 5, 7, 8 & 9, 1976 Atlantic Recording Studios and Regent Recording Studios in NYC | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 36:47 | |||
| Label | Atlantic SD 1691 | |||
| Producer | Joel Dorn | |||
| Mose Allison chronology | ||||
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Your Mind Is on Vacation is an album by American pianist, vocalist and composer Mose Allison recorded for the Atlantic label in 1976.[1][2]
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars and its review by Scotty Yanow states, "It seems strange to realize that this was Mose Allison's only recording during the 1973-1981 period".[3]
Track listing
All compositions by Mose Allison except as indicated
- "Your Mind Is on Vacation" - 2:34
- "Foolin' Myself" (Jack Lawrence, Peter Tinturin) - 2:52
- "No Matter" - 3:40
- "One of These Days" - 4:29
- "I Feel So Good" - 2:25
- "Fires of Spring" - 2:57
- "If You Only Knew" - 2:42
- "I Can't See for Lookin'" (Arnold Stanford, Nadine Robinson) - 3:57
- "What Do You Do After You Ruin Your Life" - 3:23
- "Swingin' Machine" - 4:08
- "Perfect Movement" - 3:30
- "Your Molecular Structure" - 2:16
Personnel
- Mose Allison - piano, vocals
- Jack Hannah - bass
- Jerry Granelli - drums
- Al Porcino - trumpet (tracks 1, 4, 6, 7 & 12)
- David Sanborn - alto saxophone (tracks 1, 4, 6, 7 & 12)
- Al Cohn (tracks 2 & 8), Joe Farrell (tracks 1, 4, 6, 7 & 12) - tenor saxophone
References
- ^ Atlantic Records Catalog: 1600 series accessed September 25, 2015
- ^ Mose Allison discography accessed September 25, 2015
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Your Mind Is on Vacation – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 25, 2015.