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Jason Moran: Facing Left
by Jim Santella
A creative artist, who espouses originality, Jason Moran has sidestepped the critics with his modern mainstream approach that blends in elements from all over the spectrum. The pianist and composer has been reviewed with eyes and ears that paint his melodies as unmemorable and academic. It’s possible that some of the criticism has been tempered by ...
Jason Moran: Facing Left
by Mark Corroto
As I remembered it from world history, it is rarely the revolutionaries that end up ruling after their coup. The same can be said of jazz revolutionaries. Buddy Bolden, perhaps the father of jazz, never recorded. Charlie Parker, father of the bebop revolution, died at age 34 never attaining mass popularity in his lifetime. Even the ...
Soundtrack To Human Motion
By Jason Moran
Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 1999
Track listing: Gangsterism Oncanvas; Snake Stance; Le Tombeau de Couperin (States of Art); Still Moving; Jamo Meets Samo; Kinescis; Aquanaut; Retrograde; Release from Suffering; Root Progression.
Jason Moran: Soundtrack to Human Motion
by David Adler
Can we all just agree that this is the debut of the year, if not the record of the year? Jazz has seen its share of excellent young players, but 24-year-old pianist Jason Moran really raises the bar with his superb Soundtrack to Human Motion. Moran explains the title as follows: “I like to think this ...
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