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Blue Note at 70
by Joel Roberts
No label in jazz can match the history and legacy of Blue Note Records. Since its founding in New York in 1939 by German emigre Alfred Lion, Blue Note has been associated with an amazing assortment of jazz luminaries including Horace Silver, Art Blakey, Jimmy Smith, Lee Morgan, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, ...
Frisell/Carter/Motian; Winter Jazzfest; Gato Barbieri/Poncho Sanchez; George Coleman; Monty Alexander; Lee Konitz
by Martin Longley
Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul MotianThe Blue NoteJanuary 9, 2009It's just over a year since these masters of minimalism were last in residence at The Blue Note. This return shows that they've further refined their rapport, which was already bordering on the telepathic. In this very particular combination, each member ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Jason Moran
All About Jazz is celebrating Jason Moran's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Jason MoranSince his formidable emergence on the music scene in the late 90s, pianist Jason Moran has become a leading light and a man to watch in modern jazz. In almost every category that matters--improvisation, ...
Jason Moran
by Martin Longley
Pianist Jason Moran usually plays well within the jazz tradition, but often adopts a sideways slant, open to electronic interference or maybe an askew cover version of a pop or rap tune. Growing up in Houston, he went on to study at the Manhattan School Of Music, becoming firmly entrenched on the New York scene.
Lafayette Gilchrist: Soul Progressin'
by Troy Collins
Baltimore-based pianist Lafayette Gilchrist stripped away the five-piece horn section of his octet, The New Volcanoes, fron his previous session, Third (Hyena Records, 2007), for an intimate trio exploration of hard- hitting funk. Soul Progressin' is the third album in his discography to feature the massed horns of The New Volcanoes, following in the footsteps of ...
Jason Moran to Perform October 5 at Missouri History Museum
Confirming the news that showed up a few weeks ago on Pollstar, the Missouri History Museum has announced officially that they'll present a concert by jazz pianist Jason Moran (pictured) at 7:00 p.m., Sunday, October 5 in the MacDermott Grand Hall of the Museum's building in Forest Park.St. Louis pianist, singer and saxophonist Hugh ...
Artist In Residence
By Jason Moran
Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Break Down; Milestone; Refraction 2; Cradle Song; Artists Ought to Be Writing; Refraction 1;
Arizona Landscape; Rain; Lift Every Voice; He Puts on His Coat and Leaves.
Jason Moran: Artist in Residence
by AAJ Italy Staff
Abbiamo spesso parlato in queste pagine di Jason Moran, tra i pianisti più significativi della sua generazione, tanto più interessante in quanto si muove spesso in territori fortemente codificati. In Artist In Residence Moran ha riunito e “montato" alcuni estratti di tre commissioni ricevute nel 2005, rispettivamente dal Lincoln Center, dal Walker Art Center di Minneapolis ...
Jason Moran: Artist in Residence
by Joel Roberts
While most jazz artists, even the great ones, tend to stick to the tried and true, Jason Moran has risen to the upper echelon of the jazz world by constantly challenging his audience. Listeners never really know what to expect from the 31-year-old pianist except that it's going to be fresh, intellectually rigorous, exceedingly of-the-moment music ...
Jason Moran: Artist in Residence
by Mark F. Turner
Art, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder, and Jason Moran's Artist In Residence is no exception. An enigmatic traditionalist, Moran has produced releases that are as diverse as his reinterpretation the blues on Same Mother (Blue Note, 2005) or his conceptualization of the soundtrack of daily life on his debut, Soundtrack to Human ...
