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Home » Jason Moran

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Archie Shepp and Jason Moran turn tradition into new challenges on Let My People Go

by Aaron Cohen February 26, 2021August 18, 2021

After saxophonist Archie Shepp became known in the 1960s as a fierce musical and political voice in what was then called the avant-garde, he charted a different path. In 1977, Shepp recorded a collection of traditional spirituals (and one jazz standard) in a duet session with pianist Horace Parlan titled Goin’ Home, which is as […]

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Pianist Jason Moran drops a recording of Looks of a Lot, his collaboration with a slew of Chicago artists

by Peter Margasak March 9, 2018August 18, 2021

The new version, available via Bandcamp, tightens up the one he premiered at Symphony Center in 2014 with Theaster Gates, Ken Vandermark, Katie Ernst, and the Kenwood Academy Jazz Band

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Seven portraits of the Chicago Jazz Festival

by Peter Margasak August 30, 2017August 18, 2021

The compelling characters at this year’s Jazz Festival include avant-garde elder Roscoe Mitchell, indefatigable experimenter Mary Halvorson, and defiantly joyful South African survivor Louis Moholo-Moholo.

Posted inMusic

Mary Halvorson’s band keeps getting bigger—and better

by Peter Margasak August 29, 2017August 18, 2021

New York guitarist Mary Halvorson brings her daring but sophisticated octet to Chicago for the first time.

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Agile freebop trio BassDrumBone celebrates 40 years together

by Peter Margasak August 25, 2017August 18, 2021

Trombonist Ray Anderson, bassist Mark Helias, and drummer Gerry Hemingway bring their agile fusion of postbop, blues, and free jazz to the Chicago Jazz Festival next weekend.

Posted inBlogs

Jason Moran reimagines the music of Charles Mingus; guitarist Bern Nix dead at 69

by Peter Margasak June 2, 2017August 18, 2021

The ingenious pianist and composer collaborates with the idiosyncratic singer Georgia Anne Muldrow tonight at Symphony Center; meanwhile, the innovative guitarist who made his mark in Ornette Coleman’s Prime Time band has passed.

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The ten best jazz records of 2016

by Peter Margasak December 22, 2016August 18, 2021

This year’s best jazz records include a large-ensemble concept album about conspiracy theories, a tug-of-war between loops and live-band grooves, and an amazing hybrid of jazz and hip-hop.

Posted inMusic

Jazz bassist and vocalist Katie Ernst rises like the tide

by Peter Margasak April 26, 2016August 18, 2021

Jazz bassist and vocalist Katie Ernst hasn’t helped only herself with her talent, wit, and confidence—she’s also lifting up her peers and students.

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A new seven-piece ensemble conducted by Henry Threadgill drops its debut

by Peter Margasak April 1, 2016August 18, 2021

In his new Ensemble Double Up, reedist Henry Threadgill puts down his horns and conducts.

Posted inMusic

An interview with MacArthur ‘genius,’ jazz pianist, and composer Vijay Iyer

by Peter Margasak October 21, 2014August 18, 2021

Vijay Iyer’s mutant style should make him one of the most interesting draws at this year’s Chicago Humanities Festival.

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Jason Moran’s ongoing Fats Waller update

by Peter Margasak October 10, 2014August 18, 2021

After constantly reshaping his homage to the great pianist, singer, and composer, Moran finally takes his project into the studio.

Jason Moran
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Jason Moran builds a bigger bandwagon

by Peter Margasak May 28, 2014August 18, 2021

Theaster Gates and Ken Vandermark join pianist Jason Moran in an oral history of their evolving Chicago collaboration Looks of a Lot.

Posted inBlogs

The contemplative beauty of Charles Lloyd, boxed

by Peter Margasak August 30, 2013August 19, 2021

ECM Records collects the five contemplative albums reedist Charles Lloyd, who headlines the Chicago Jazz Festival tonight, cut with Swedish pianist Bobo Stenson beginning in 1989.

Satoko Fujii plays at the Von Freeman Pavilion.
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Saturday: 2013 Chicago Jazz Festival according to Reader writers

by Peter Margasak, John Corbett and Bill Meyer August 27, 2013August 19, 2021

Jason Moran and Gregory Porter highlight a jam-packed third day of Jazz Fest.

Wadada Leo Smith will play a portion of Ten Freedom Summers on Friday night with the Golden Quartet, Pacifica Red Coral, and video artist Jesse Gilbert.
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The Reader’s guide to the 35th annual Chicago Jazz Festival

by Peter Margasak, John Corbett and Bill Meyer August 27, 2013August 19, 2021

The Chicago Jazz Festival moves to Millennium Park with its best lineup in five years.

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