Your Mind Is on Vacation

Your Mind Is on Vacation
Studio album by Mose Allison
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
Mose in Your Ear (1972) Your Mind Is on Vacation (1976) Pure Mose (1978)

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

Professional ratings
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

1. "Your Mind Is on Vacation" - 2:34
2. "Foolin' Myself" (Jack Lawrence, Peter Tinturin) - 2:52
3. "No Matter" - 3:40
4. "One of These Days" - 4:29
5. "I Feel So Good" - 2:25
6. "Fires of Spring" - 2:57
7. "If You Only Knew" - 2:42
8. "I Can't See for Lookin'" (Arnold Stanford, Nadine Robinson) - 3:57
9. "What Do You Do After You Ruin Your Life" - 3:23
10. "Swingin' Machine" - 4:08
11. "Perfect Movement" - 3:30
12. "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

1. Atlantic Records Catalog: 1600 series accessed September 25, 2015
2. Mose Allison discography accessed September 25, 2015
3. Yanow, Scott. Your Mind Is on Vacation – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 25, 2015.