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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."
Jazz Musician of the Day: Jason Moran
All About Jazz is celebrating Jason Moran's birthday today! Since his formidable emergence on the music scene in the late 90s, jazz pianist Jason Moran has proven more than his brilliance as a performer. The Blue Note Records recording artist has established himself as a risk-taker and innovator of new directions for jazz as a whole. ...
Do the Jazz Shuffle
by Ludovico Granvassu
This week we have have decided to do the jazz shuffle, and by shuffle we don't mean the jazz rhythm, but the feature that allows to play anything on a hard-drive in a randomized order. A perfect approach to revel through unexpected pairings, daring juxtapositions and accidental non sequiturs. After all if one ...
Jo-Yu Chen: Savage Beauty
by Angelo Leonardi
La brava pianista taiwanese allieva di Kenny Barron e Jason Moran è tornata a incidere dopo quattro anni di silenzio, confermando il suo valore e le linee di fondo della sua estetica. Anche in quest'album Jo-Yu Chen aggiunge al suo stabile trio un ospite (Mark Turner prende il posto di Kurt Rosenwinkel) e conferma la co-produzione ...
Newport Jazz Festival 2019
by Doug Hall
Newport Jazz Festival Fort Adams State Park Newport, RI August 2-4, 2019 The 65th Anniversary Newport Jazz Festival continued an established tradition of delivering an exceptional level of high quality musicianship. Over the three fully packed days (and one special evening at the International Tennis Hall of Fame) from August 2nd ...
Stephanie Richards: Creative Music
by Kevin Press
Calgary's Stephanie Richards has been rubbing shoulders with some of the world's finest jazz players since putting down roots in New York City. The trumpeter has a passion for testing boundaries and an intuitive approach to her work. Her latest, Take the Neon Lights, is a tribute to her new home. All About Jazz: ...
The Routledge Companion To Jazz Studies
by Ian Patterson
The Routledge Companion To Jazz Studies Edited by Nicholas Gebhardt, Nicole Rustin-Paschal and Tony Whyton 481 Pages ISBN: 978-1-138-23116-0 Routledge 2019 Spoiler alert: this book may permanently alter many fixed notions of jazz history previously held by the reader. In fact, it would be a surprise if it ...
Fabian Almazan: This Land Abounds With Life
by Angelo Leonardi
Nel quarto disco da leader, il pianista cubano torna al trio del suo debutto, lo stesso con cui aveva inciso otto anni fa Personalities. Da allora la sua statura di strumentista/compositore è cresciuta e il suo valore ampiamente apprezzato dalla critica internazionale, che l'ha votato miglior pianista emergente nel Down Beat Critics Poll del 2014.
Walking Distance feat. Jason Moran: Freebird
by Vincenzo Roggero
Un tuffo nel passato e uno al cuore. Sono le prime battute di “William" e lo spirito di Charlie Parker prende forme e colori così vividi da lasciar stordito l'ascoltatore. E' il brano iniziale di Freebird e se per una volta i nomi rimandano ad un qualche significato mai titolo di album fu più azzeccato.
Elliot Galvin: Modern Times
by Roger Farbey
Following on from Dreamland (2015, Chaos Collective), Punch (Edition, 2016) and The Influencing Machine (Edition, 2018), Elliot Galvin's fourth album is a departure from the previous two. Here he abandons his electronic gadgetry in favour of pure acoustic instrumentation. This was a deliberate move on Galvin's part since the inspiration for album derived from witnessing a ...
