Mose Allison's eclectic style—drawling vocals over boogie-woogie-bordering, bebop-adjacent piano—made him a cult favourite in both the jazz and blues worlds for more than half a century. His primary influences—Louis Jordan, Fats Waller and Percy Mayfield—have enjoyed similar appeal with divergent audiences. Like their best work, Allison's songs hinge on an axis of earthiness and effortless cool, which may explain why his material has been covered by an eclectic array of artists, from Van Morrison to The Clash to The Pixies.