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Jason Moran's fourth Blue Note album, a highly idiosyncratic solo piano venture, attempts to reconcile a staggeringly diverse set of influences into a cohesive artistic vision. Beginning with stride master James P. Johnson's "You've Got to Be Modernistic," the omnivorous young pianist then takes that title to heart by personalizing everything from Robert Schumann's "Auf Einer Burg" to Muhal Richard Abrams' "Time Into Space Into Time" to Afrika Bambaataa's "Planet Rock." Among the originals are two more chapters in Moran's ongoing "Gangsterism" series, as well as the closing "Gentle Shifts South," one of his simplest, most affecting melodies. Not unlike Brad Mehldau's Largo, which was released around the same time, Modernistic explodes jazz piano conventions by addressing the issue of sound. The prepared piano loops and backwards effects on "Planet Rock," the disarming mini-piano heard on "Moran Tonk Circa 1935," the old-school hip-hop beat that crops up during "Gangsterism on a Lunchtable" -- in these instances and more, Moran burns the rule book and presents something so thoroughly individual as to be practically without precedent. And still it comes across as a statement of love and respect for the jazz piano tradition.
© David R. Adler /TiVo
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Kurt Lundvall, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Moran, Producer, MainArtist - James P. Johnson, Composer - Joseph Marciano, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kay Vaughn, Producer, Associate Producer
(C) 2002 Blue Note Records ℗ 2002 Blue Note Records
Edward Heyman, ComposerLyricist - Frank Eyton, ComposerLyricist - Robert Sour, ComposerLyricist - Kurt Lundvall, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Johnny Green, ComposerLyricist - Jason Moran, Producer, MainArtist - Joseph Marciano, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kay Vaughn, Producer, Associate Producer
(C) 2002 Blue Note Records ℗ 2002 Blue Note Records
John Robie, Composer - Kurt Lundvall, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ellis Williams, Composer - Jason Moran, Producer, MainArtist - Arthur Henry Baker, Composer - Joseph Marciano, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kay Vaughn, Producer, Associate Producer - John B. Miller, Composer - Robert Durrrell Allen, Composer
(C) 2002 Blue Note Records ℗ 2002 Capitol Records, LLC
Kurt Lundvall, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Moran, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Joseph Marciano, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kay Vaughn, Producer, Associate Producer
(C) 2002 Blue Note Records ℗ 2002 Blue Note Records
Kurt Lundvall, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Moran, Producer, MainArtist - Muhal Richard Abrams, Composer - Joseph Marciano, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kay Vaughn, Producer, Associate Producer
(C) 2002 Blue Note Records ℗ 2002 Blue Note Records
Kurt Lundvall, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Moran, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Joseph Marciano, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kay Vaughn, Producer, Associate Producer
(C) 2002 Blue Note Records ℗ 2002 Blue Note Records
Jason Moran, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2002 Blue Note Records ℗ 2002 Capitol Records, Inc.
Kurt Lundvall, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Moran, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Joseph Marciano, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kay Vaughn, Producer, Associate Producer
(C) 2002 Blue Note Records ℗ 2002 Blue Note Records
Kurt Lundvall, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Moran, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Joseph Marciano, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kay Vaughn, Producer, Associate Producer
(C) 2002 Blue Note Records ℗ 2002 Blue Note Records
Robert Schumann, Composer - Kurt Lundvall, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Moran, Producer, MainArtist - Joseph Marciano, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kay Vaughn, Producer, Associate Producer
(C) 2002 Blue Note Records ℗ 2002 Blue Note Records
Kurt Lundvall, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Moran, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Joseph Marciano, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kay Vaughn, Producer, Associate Producer
(C) 2002 Blue Note Records ℗ 2002 Blue Note Records
Album review
Jason Moran's fourth Blue Note album, a highly idiosyncratic solo piano venture, attempts to reconcile a staggeringly diverse set of influences into a cohesive artistic vision. Beginning with stride master James P. Johnson's "You've Got to Be Modernistic," the omnivorous young pianist then takes that title to heart by personalizing everything from Robert Schumann's "Auf Einer Burg" to Muhal Richard Abrams' "Time Into Space Into Time" to Afrika Bambaataa's "Planet Rock." Among the originals are two more chapters in Moran's ongoing "Gangsterism" series, as well as the closing "Gentle Shifts South," one of his simplest, most affecting melodies. Not unlike Brad Mehldau's Largo, which was released around the same time, Modernistic explodes jazz piano conventions by addressing the issue of sound. The prepared piano loops and backwards effects on "Planet Rock," the disarming mini-piano heard on "Moran Tonk Circa 1935," the old-school hip-hop beat that crops up during "Gangsterism on a Lunchtable" -- in these instances and more, Moran burns the rule book and presents something so thoroughly individual as to be practically without precedent. And still it comes across as a statement of love and respect for the jazz piano tradition.
© David R. Adler /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:42:35
- Main artists: Jason Moran
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Blue Note Records
- Genre: Jazz
© 2002 Blue Note Records ℗ 2002 Blue Note Records
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