Search results for "Jason Moran"

Jason Moran: Another One (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 29, 07

It’s not immediately clear what is going on here. The three musicians seemingly play free – there’s no melody to spea...

Jason Moran: Planet Rock (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music August 06, 08

Jason Moran's Modernistic is not your average solo piano album. It is an expansive artistic vision—a courageous and c...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: THE NEW STANDARDS

Jazz musicians have always used popular music for improvisational vehicles. Songs from Broadway, Tin Pan Alley, eve...

Jason Moran: Joga (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music September 21, 09

The pianist Jason Moran is as adventurous with his repertoire as he is with his playing. The bandleader and in-demand...

Jason Moran: Body and Soul (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music February 08, 08

Jason Moran recorded a slightly shorter solo version of the same tune – issued on Modernistic – just a few months ear...

Don Byron: I've Found A New Baby (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music April 26, 09

"Ivey-divey" was an expression Lester Young created and used to convey resignation, sadness, or frustration, and Don ...

Greg Osby: All Neon Like (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music September 21, 09

It’s easy to see why a jazz musician might want to tackle Bjork’s “All Neon Like”. Consisting of little more than a s...

Cassandra Wilson: Lover Come Back to Me (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music June 13, 08

The rhythm section adopts a retro pose on this reworking of a 1928 Romberg and Hammerstein standard. Sewell's chug-a...

Charles Lloyd: La Colline de Monk (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music August 25, 08

The percussive, angular piano solo introduction definitely relates to Monk's style, up to its traces of stride, but a...

Otis Taylor: Country Boy, Girl (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music April 22, 09

There may be more technically accomplished guitarists than Otis Taylor, but no one—and I mean no one—plays a meaner v...

Greg Osby: Pent-Up House (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music November 26, 08

Blue Note packaged this CD to resemble a bootleg, what with the crude "graphics" and the pseudo-provocative behind-th...

Bunky Green: Another Place (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music September 03, 08

Apparently Bunky Green figured out early on that being a superb, even innovative, jazz alto saxophonist was hardly a ...

Charles Lloyd: Prometheus (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music March 15, 08

“Prometheus” borrows its thematic material from an older Lloyd composition “Hej Da!,” yet he allows his new group the...

Stefon Harris: One String Blues (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music June 11, 09

On his debut album, Stefon Harris emerged as one of the most interesting voices in jazz music. He approaches composit...

Stefon Harris: Sacred Forest (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music June 11, 09

This tune is one of several short but nice percussion heavy songs as "Sacred Forest" features Harris rocking the mari...

Moran, Jason posted in Encyclopedia May 19, 09

Pianist Jason Moran has demonstrated an ability to strike a delicate balance between musical tradition and innovati...

THE DOZENS posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 01, 07

In African-American tradition, "the dozens" is an informal exchange filled with ribaldry, taunting and clever put dow...

Day Three at Monterey posted in The Jazz.com Blog September 22, 09

Pamela Espeland, who writes on jazz for MinnPost.com and her own blog Bebopified, concludes her coverage of the 52n...

A Festival That Avoids the ‘J’ Word posted in The Jazz.com Blog June 09, 08

Stuart Nicholson reports below on a festival that breaks all of the rules. It presents Jason Moran and John Zo...

In Conversation with Terence Blanchard posted in Features and Interviews November 01, 09

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Lambert, Michael (Joseph Jules) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Lambert, Michael (Joseph Jules), drummer, composer; b. Quebec City, Canada, 24 October 1959. His grandfather, Omer L?...

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