JASON MORAN BLUE BLOCKS FREE
Tunes from Ten comprised much of the balance of the set list, including de- and reconstructed interpretations of pieces from Thelonious Monk, Conlon Nancarrow and Jaki Byard.Īs a pianist, Moran is a distinctive stylist he combines free improvisation, early jazz techniques and undercurrents of other contemporary music with more mainstream expressions. A cut-and-spliced field holler acted as a mantra to "Life Live Time." Trombonist Ben Gerstein's remix of songs from Black Stars, an early Moran album, segued into a live group improvisation. 2" featured Jimi Hendrix's feedback from the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. An audio collage preceded opener "Another One," an old Mateen composition. Hear the archived recording above.Īs is common in live performances from The Bandwagon, the set used Moran's minidisc player - the unofficial "fourth member" of the group - to spring song clips and other found sounds for the band to improvise over or respond to. WBGO and NPR Music teamed up to present a live broadcast, on air and online, on Wednesday, Oct. Moran and The Bandwagon continued their 10-year anniversary celebration with a week at the Village Vanguard, a venue which has been important to their development. And, oh, yes: He was just surprised with a MacArthur Genius Grant, an award of $500,000 paid out over five years. The Bandwagon is behind the new Ten, his eighth album as a leader in 11 years. Mostly with The Bandwagon, Moran's trio of 10 years, he has developed a deep repertoire of originals and innovative arrangements.
This fall, it's come into sharp relief that at age 35, he's already done an awful lot with them. Observers of modern jazz have long known about the unique talents of composer and pianist Jason Moran.
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