Jazz Articles about Nick Moran

About Nick Moran

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As the capstone to a terrific year which saw him first release Holding Space (Shifting Paradigm, 2025), a splendid duo disc with tenor saxophonist Dennis Mitcheltree, pianist Johannes Wallmann impresses once again with Not Tired, a delightful quintet outing which highlights the keyboardist's penchant for strong melodies as well as his superb bandleading skills. Wallmann has a fine set of colleagues here, with Ingrid Jensen's sparkling trumpet and Dayna Stephens' brawny tenor creating a scintillating two-horn tandem. Bassist ...

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Johannes Wallmann: Elegy for an Undiscovered Species

Read "Elegy for an Undiscovered Species" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
August 2, 2021

Poco noto in Italia, Johannes Wallmann è un 47enne pianista e compositore nato in Germania ma cresciuto in Canada e formatosi musicalmente negli Stati Uniti (al Berklee College of Music di Boston e alla New York University). Vive a New York dal 1995 e ha pubblicato nove CD compreso il presente dove affianca un'orchestra d'archi a un quintetto jazz con la trombettista Ingrid Jensen e il sassofonista Dayna Stephens. È forse il suo lavoro più ambizioso, realizzato ...

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Johannes Wallmann: Elegy For An Undiscovered Species

Read "Elegy For An Undiscovered Species" reviewed by Friedrich Kunzmann

by Friedrich Kunzmann
June 20, 2021

Supported by the Artemis supergroup members drummer Allison Miller and trumpeter Ingrid Jensen as well as by long-time collaborator Dayna Stephens and bassist Nick Moran, Johannes Wallmann can count himself lucky to have a celebrity packed core band behind him to present six new cuts fresh off the pianist's pen. In addition to the celebrity lineup, a sumptuous string orchestra (15-strong) adds harmonic depth and ornamental brushstrokes along the way, expanding crescendoing build-ups with further dynamic width and embellishing soloistic ...

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Johannes Wallmann: Elegy For An Undiscovered Species

Read "Elegy For An Undiscovered Species" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
May 22, 2021

Pianist Johannes Wallmann's Elegy For An Undiscovered Species opens with the eleven minute title tune, a musical protest against the Anthropocene Extinction. That extinction is happening right now. Human activity—human predominance of the planet—is its cause. This opener does have an apocalyptic feel, with a dark piano trio intro and a dark strings backdrop seeping into the mix, followed by tenor sax (Dayna Stephens) and trumpet (Ingrid Jensen) solos. Of Dayna Stephens' sound: if Paul Desmond's ...

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Nick Moran Trio: No Time Like Now

Read "No Time Like Now" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
December 13, 2012

A cinque anni dal precedente Messenger, il chitarrista newyorchese Nick Moran esce con un nuovo disco in trio: No Time Like Now. Con lui sono l'organista Brad Whiteley ed il batterista Chris Benham. L'organico non è certo nuovo ed effettivamente il repertorio che propone è proprio quello che ci si attende da una formazione del genere, pur se le composizioni sono per la maggior parte originali: si spazia dal jazz-blues meno contaminato al funk al latin, con un paio di ...

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Nick Moran: No Time Like Now

Read "No Time Like Now" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
February 20, 2012

Part of the appeal of the traditional organ trio--Hammond B3 organ, guitar and drums--is the juxtaposition of the guitar's succinct phrasing slicing through the blurry winter breeze of the B3. Another part is the music's straight-up funkiness. This is music of the city, pioneered by organist Jimmy Smith and guitarists Wes Montgomery and Grant Green. The music's heyday ran from the 1950s through the '60s, thriving in urban clubs and bars, incorporating the sounds of R&B and soul music.

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Nick Moran Trio: The Messenger

Read "The Messenger" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 11, 2007

In questo album di esordio del chitarrista Nick Moran tutto profuma di anni sessanta. Dalle foto di copertina alla strumentazione in trio con organo e batteria che ricorda i mitici album Blue Note con Grant Green, Jack McDuff, Larry Young e tanti altri. Persino i tratti somatici del leader sembrano riportarci a quegli anni ricchi di fermenti non ancora del tutto espressi compiutamente. Anni di speranza e di attesa, in qualche modo. La musica di questo bel The Messenger non ...