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Jason Moran
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Since his formidable emergence on the music scene in thelate 90s, jazz pianist Jason Moran has proven more thanhis brilliance as a performer. The Blue Note Recordsrecording artist has established himself as a risk-taker andinnovator of new directions for jazz as a whole.
In almost every category that matters—improvisation,composition, group concept, repertoire, technique andexperimentation—Moran, and his group The Bandwagon—with bassist Tarus Mateen and drummer Nasheet Waits—have challenged the status quo, and earned the reputationas "the future of jazz."
Matt Marantz: About Music, Money and Mouthpieces
by Dean Nardi
Back in ancient times, when people would buy actual magazines with paper and print and pictures and ads, some of the music publications would offer companion CD compilations. You could always find two or three tracks that stood out and maybe enticed you to check out an artist's recorded output. That is how I came across ...
The Final Batch of My Favorite 2025 Jazz Things - Part 4
by Ludovico Granvassu
This episode of Mondo Jazz isn't about rankings or best-of lists. It's about memory. Over the past six months, certain pieces of music kept calling us back. Among them, are the tunes in this playlist. Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Luca Curcio ...
I Dischi del 2025 secondo Ludovico Granvassu
by Ludovico Granvassu
Immortalare la bellezza e la varietà del jazz pubblicato nel 2025 attraverso una “top ten" appare tanto arduo, vano--e alla fine deludente--quanto cercare di fotografare un tramonto sulla costiera amalfitana usando una rudimentale fotocamera digitale e facendo un forellino sul copriobiettivo. Certo, una foto verrà scattata. Potrebbe persino dimostrare che eri lì, in quel momento, quando ...
Gregory Groover Jr.: Old Knew
by Pierre Giroux
With Old Knew, tenor saxophonist Gregory Groover Jr. offers a mature and deeply rooted statement that gracefully balances reverence for tradition with openness to spontaneous expression. Recorded without rehearsal and driven by a diverse group of top-tier collaborators, including Joel Ross on vibraphone, Paul Cornish on piano, Harish Raghavan on bass, and Kendrick Scott on drums, ...
Ludovico Granvassu's Garden Of Jazzy Delights 2025
by Ludovico Granvassu
Capturing the breathtaking beauty, range, and diversity of jazz released in 2025 through a list of “10 best albums" feels as challenging, vain--and ultimately disappointing--as trying to photograph the Grand Canyon at sunset by placing a pinhole in front of a rudimentary digital camera's lens. Sure, a picture will be taken. It might even prove you ...
Gregory Groover Jr.: Old Knew
by Jack Bowers
Even though he has surely heard this more than a few times, Gregory Groover is a pretty hip name for a jazz saxophonist. Not so much for the pastor of Boston's Charles Street AME Church, the position held by the Groover for whom he is named, Gregory Sr., who no doubt grooves in his own way. ...
The Final Batch of My Favorite 2025 Jazz Things - Part 1
by Ludovico Granvassu
Rather than looking back at the year as a whole, here we concentrate on the second half. What you'll hear are the songs that stayed close, long after the initial listen.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Oddjob “Baby Bop" Atlas (Koyo) 0:16 Host talks ...
Figure In Blue
Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Abide With Me; Hina, Hanta, the way of Peace; Figure In Blue, memoriesof Duke; Desolation
Sound; Ruminations;
Chulahoma; Song My Lady Sings'; The Ghost Of Lady Day; Blues For Langston; Heaven; Black
Butterfly: Ancient Rain;
Hymn To The Mother, for Zakir; Somewhere.
The Philosophy Of Jazz
by Ian Patterson
The Philosophy Of Jazz Kevin Le Gendre 105 Pages ISBN: 978 0 7123 5503 2 British Library 2025 If you had to recommend just one book on jazz history to a neophyte, which would it be? Ted Gioia's The History of Jazz (Oxford University Press, ...
