Mose Vinson (June 2 or August 7, 1917 – November 16, 2002) [1] was an American boogie-woogie, blues and jazz pianist and singer. His recordings included "Blues with a Feeling" and "Sweet Root Man". Vinson worked with Booker T. Laury and James Cotton.

Nov 16, 2002 · Mose Vinson died of diabetes, at the age of 85. In 2007, the Memphis Music and Heritage Festival was dedicated to his memory. Mose Vinson taught himself how to play the piano as a child.

Mose Vinson died of diabetes, on November 16, 2002 in Memphis, at the age of 85. In 2007, the Memphis Music and Heritage Festival was dedicated to his memory.

Mose Vinson (June 2 or August 7, 1917 – November 16, 2002) was an American boogie-woogie, blues and jazz pianist and singer. His best-known recordings were "Blues with a Feeling" and "Sweet Root Man".

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Vinson was a blues and jazz pianist born c. 1917 in Holly Springs, Mississippi. Vinson's recording career didn't take off until the 1950s, when he was discovered by Sam Phillips (2) while working as a janitor at Phillip's Sun Record Company in Memphis.

MOSE VINSON - One of Memphis' last barrel house blues and boogie woogie pianist, Mose Vinson was a regular at festivals for thirty or more years, and was already a Sun...

Barrelhouse blues piano player Mose Vinson was born June 2, 1917 in Holly Springs, Mississippi. He passed away on November 16, 2002 from complications from diabetes. He was eighty-five. One of the last of his kind, Vinson approached music by mixing blues with jazz and gospel.

"Documents the life and music of Moses Vinson, Beale Street's outstanding blues pianist. Explores, through recollections of his employers, his sister, friends who 'made it' and Vinson himself, the complex causes of his current obscurity." 1987? Wolf LP 120.910 (Austria 1987?) not identical with Wolf CD 120.918 with same title !!!

Mose Vinson is one of the last practitioners of genuine barrel house blues piano. Originally from Holly Springs, MS, Vinson worked as a clean-up man and part-time pianist for Sam Phillip's Sun label in Memphis.