Ten

by Jason Moran

Overview

Jason Moran's 2010 effort Ten features more of the jazz pianist's smart and forward-thinking jazz. Backed by bassist Tarus Mateen and drummer Nasheet Waits, Moran reveals himself once again to be a nimble improviser with an ear toward atmospheric and often fractured hypnotic post-bop jazz on tracks like the lilting "Blue Blocks" (commissioned by the Philadelphia Museum of Art) and "RFK in the Land of Apartheid," along with ruminative numbers buoyed by the band's laid-back blues inflections and ever-so-subtle funk grooves. Other tracks, such as "Feedback Pt. 2" and "Old Babies," reveal Moran's more experimental edge, mixing sound effects and his son's voice with more straight-ahead jazz stylings that bring to mind both Thelonious Monk and Oscar Peterson. As always with Moran, there is a heavy classical influence, and compositions like his own "Pas de Deux -- Lines Ballet" and his rambunctious take on Leonard Bernstein's "Big Stuff" do evince, much like the rest of Ten, both a romantic and modernist point of view. ~ Matt Collar

Product Details

Release Date:	06/21/2024
Label:	Blue Note Records
UPC:	0602458320404
Rank:	40596

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Blue Blocks
2. RFK in the Land of Apartheid
3. Feedback, Pt. 2
4. Crepuscule with Nellie
5. Study No. 6
6. Pas de Deux (Lines Ballet)
7. Study No. 6

Disc 2

8. Gangsterism over Ten Years
9. Big Stuff
10. Play To Live
11. The Subtle One
12. To Bob Vatel of Paris
13. Old Babies

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Jason Moran   Primary Artist,Piano
Tarus Mateen   Bass
Nasheet Waits   Drums

Technical Credits

Andrew Hill   Composer
Conlon Nancarrow   Composer
Jaki Byard   Composer
Eli Wolf   A&R
Gene Paul   Mastering
Jason Moran   Composer,Producer
Tarus Mateen   Composer
Adam Pendleton   Cover Design
Antwon Jackson   A&R
Gordon H. Jee   Creative Director
Clay Patrick McBride   Photography
Burton Yount   Art Direction,Design
Sascha von Oertzen   Engineer,Mixing
Shanieka D. Brooks   Product Manager
Rick Kwan   Assistant Tracking Engineer
Jamie Polaski   Mastering
Jon Altschuler   Mixing Assistant
Thelonious Monk   Composer
Nasheet Waits   Composer
Leonard Bernstein   Composer