Jason Moran - Modernistic
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Artist: Jason MoranEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2002-09-17
Music Label: Blue Note Records
Soundtracks:
- You've Got To Be Modernistic
- Body And Soul
- Planet Rock
- Planet Rock Postscript
- Time Into Space Into Time
- Gangsterism On Irons
- Moran Tonk Circa 1936
- Passion
- Gangsterism On A Luchtable
- Ruf Einer Burg/In A Fortress
- Gentle Shifts South
Music reviews of Modernistic
Music Review: Moran shines on his first solo album
Rating: 5 Stars
Jason Moran is one of a kind. He is equally influenced by classical music such as Schumann, whose "Auf Einer Burg/In A Fortress" is interpreted on this album. Moran was mentored by a handful of amazing pianists including Muhal Richard Abrams, Jaki Byard (one of my personal favorites), and Andrew Hill. But of course, he has come into his own and definitively showed his musical identity on this album. I own his previous three albums which are all excellent, and to be honest, i was disappointed when i first got this album. I found it hard to get into, and didn't really listen to it much. I guess it just wasn't what i expected. Of course, one day i just picked it up after a few weeks and listened to it on my headphones by myself in my room, and i just got it. This is definitely a headphone album and may take time to truly appreciate.
This album, being a solo work by Moran, is unlike his other albums, but is a logical extension of them. It opens with a cover of James P. Johnson's "You've Got To Be Modernistic" which is still my favorite track on the album as Moran shows a mastery of old styles and an ability to expand on them in logical and interesting ways. The next track is "Body And Soul" which of course, everyone has heard a million times, but Moran makes it his own. He then goes into a strange but catchy rendition of Afrika Bambataa's "Planet Rock." This will grow on you. Moran also includes two new versions of his "Gangsterism" series and they are both really great. These are definitely something to look forward from album to album. There is also a song he does on mini-piano i believe called "Moran Tonk Circa 1936" which is Moran writing a stride-ish piece of his own. The other originals are very nice as well.
This is an album of great beauty. Most artists these days are capable of understatement, but Moran does this extremely well. He is not one to overwhelm the listener with his vision and knows that each note counts. Thankfully, he does not drag any of these songs on as the longest song is under six minutes, which is quite short for any jazz album. If you are not familiar with Moran, i would say that you are in for a treat. He is at all times avant-garde, accessible, virtuosic, eclectic, and just plain excellent.
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All products are BRAND NEW and factory sealed. Fast shipping and 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed.Only in his mid-20s, Jason Moran has several impressive recordings under his belt. On 2001's Black Stars he was joined by the legendary Sam Rivers, which is a testament to this young pianist-composer's strengths. Inspired by such hard-to-classify predecessors as Andrew Hill, Randy Weston, and Herbie Nichols, Moran has likewise created his own sound, allowing seemingly diverse material to coalesce around his own sensibility. Modernistic is his first truly solo outing, and it finds some of his own material joined by the compositions of Schumann, James P. Johnson, Muhal Richard Abrams, and Afrika Bambaataa (making good on the album's title, Moran does a prepared piano version of the latter's "Planet Rock"). He moves with grace and confidence from miniature atmospheric landscapes ("Gangsterism on Irons" stands somewhere between Copland and Satie) to gleefully fractured post-bop high jinks. Moran is proving himself to be the latest pianist who has recognizable passions for both jazz and classical traditions. --David Greenberger
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