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'A Tribute To Mose Allison' Celebrates The Music Of An Exciting Jazz Master

<em></em>The tribute album features Bonnie Raitt (pictured), Jackson Brown, Taj Mahal, Chrissie Hynde and Elivis Costello, among others.
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The tribute album features Bonnie Raitt (pictured), Jackson Brown, Taj Mahal, Chrissie Hynde and Elivis Costello, among others.

, who died three years ago, influenced artists from to to to .

Raitt contributed to a new album, If You're Going To The City: A Tribute To Mose Allison, which celebrates the late singer and pianist, who famously blended the rough-edged blues of the Mississippi Delta with the 1950s jazz of New York City.

91ÖÆÆ¬³§'s Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to Bonnie Raitt about her friendship with the Mose Allison. They're also joined by Amy Allison — his daughter, who executive produced the album — about selecting an unexpected list of artists to contribute songs to the album. Listen in the audio player above.

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Lulu Garcia-Navarro is the host of Weekend Edition Sunday and one of the hosts of 91ÖÆÆ¬³§'s morning news podcast Up First. She is infamous in the IT department of 91ÖÆÆ¬³§ for losing laptops to bullets, hurricanes, and bomb blasts.
Two-time Peabody Award-winner Peter Breslow is a senior producer for 91ÖÆÆ¬³§'s newsmagazine Weekend Edition. He has been with the program since 1992. Prior to that, he was a producer for 91ÖÆÆ¬³§'s All Things Considered.