Posts Tagged ‘Jason Moran’
D’Angelo, Paul McCartney, Tony Bennett and more news
January 28th, 2012Bangstyle writes “Last night D’Angelo played his first show in more than 11 years in Stockholm, Sweden. What’s more exciting is that the neurotic talent is making an attempt to rekindle his once-bright star.” Strong!
And now …a 15 minutes interview with Paul McCartney and Tommy LiPuma while The Telegraph reviews his new CD “Kisses on the Bottom – Paul McCartney abandons the guitar and pays homage to the music of his youth.”
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This Day >> Jason Moran. Still Rising
January 21st, 2012
This day (January 21, 1975), in Houston, Texas, is born Jason Moran ,a jazz pianist and composer who has garnered much critical acclaim and won a number of awards for his playing and compositional skills, which combine elements of stride piano, avant-garde jazz, classical music, hip hop, and spoken word, among others.
CREDITS
Image Flicker : Jason Moran Photo by Professor Bop
Video : Jason Moran – Lulu’S Back In Town (2011) . Cristina Zavalloni & Jason Moran – Body And Soul (2011) . Maria Farantouri & Charles Lloyd Quartet – Blow Wind (2011) . Jason Moran – Fire Waltz . Jason Moran – On Thelonious Monk . Jason Moran Trio – Planet Rock (2004) . Jason Moran Trio – You’Ve Got To Be Modernistic (2003) . Greg Osby, Jason Moran, Eric Harland, Calvin Jones – Quintet .
Terri Lyne Carrington, Danny Seraphine, Gretchen Parlato and more news
December 29th, 2011Below, Terri Lyne Carrington‘s Mosaic Project (nominated for the Grammys cf “25 Berklee Alumni Nominated for Grammys” on Patch) playing “Unconditional Love” at The Red Sea Festival in Eilat. It’s the Women of Jazz Supergroup : Terri Lyne Carrington, Esperanza Spalding, Geri Allen & Tineke Postma.
Something Else! Interviews Drummer Danny Seraphine, formerly of Chicago. ” Like CTA, Chicago was put together for musical purposes – and for musical purposes only. It also happened to be at the right time, because there was a renaissance in music happening.”
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