''Modernistic'' is the fourth album led by American pianist and composer
Jason Moran and his first solo recording which was released on the
Blue Note label in 2002.
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Reception
The AllMusic
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review by David R. Adler said "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. ... 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".PopMatters
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review by Marshall Bowden noted "Moran has taken the thread of his own life as well as those of jazz music, African-Americans, and America itself and woven a remarkable and majestic tapestry that encompasses nearly every aspect of human emotion and aspiration".[Bowden, M]
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Track listing
All compositions by Jason Moran except where noted
# "You've Got to Be Modernistic" (James P. Johnson
James Price Johnson (February 1, 1894 – November 17, 1955) was an American pianist and composer. A pioneer of stride piano, he was one of the most important pianists in the early era of recording, and like Jelly Roll Morton, one of the key ...
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# " Body and Soul" (Johnny Green
John Waldo Green (October 10, 1908 – May 15, 1989) was an American songwriter, composer, musical arranger, conductor and pianist. He was given the nickname "Beulah" by colleague Conrad Salinger. His most famous song was one of his earli ...
, Frank Eyton
Frank Eyton (30 August 1894 – 11 November 1962) was an English popular music lyricist best known for co-writing the lyrics of Johnny Green's " Body and Soul" (1930) with Edward Heyman and Robert Sour. Frank Eyton biographyat Allmusic - retrieved ...
, Edward Heyman
Edward Heyman (March 14, 1907October 16, 1981) was an American lyricist and producer, best known for his lyrics to " Body and Soul," "When I Fall in Love," and " For Sentimental Reasons." He also contributed to a number of songs for films.
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, Robert Sour
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) – 3:46
# " Planet Rock" ( Arthur Baker, John Robie
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, Afrika Bambaataa
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, Soulsonic Force
Soulsonic Force (also referred to as Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force) is an American electro-funk and hip hop ensemble led by Afrika Bambaataa who helped establish hip-hop in the early 1980s with songs such as " Planet Rock." They were also ...
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# "Planet Rock Postscript" – 2:01
# "Time into Space into Time" ( Muhal Richard Abrams) – 3:20
# "Gangsterism on Irons" – 3:33
# "Moran Tonk Circa 1936" – 4:15
# "Passion" – 3:30
# "Gangsterism on a Lunchtable" – 2:47
# " Auf Einer Burg/In a Fortress" (Robert Schumann
Robert Schumann (; 8 June 181029 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Schumann left the study of law, intending to pursue a career a ...
/Jason Moran) – 4:19
# "Gentle Shifts South" – 3:31
Personnel
* Jason Moran – piano, mini piano
References
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2002 albums
Jason Moran (musician) albums
Blue Note Records albums
Solo piano jazz albums