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 voices 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.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blue BlocksJason Moran | Jason Moran | Play | 04:35 | 10 MB | 26 MB |
| 2 | Feedback, Pt. 2Jason Moran | Jason Moran | Play | 04:53 | 11 MB | 28 MB |
| 3 | Crepuscule With NellieThelonious Monk | Jason Moran | Play | 05:57 | 13 MB | 36 MB |
| 4 | Study No. 6Conlon Nancarrow | Jason Moran | Play | 04:04 | 9 MB | 22 MB |
| 5 | Study No. 6Conlon Nancarrow | Jason Moran | Play | 04:04 | 9 MB | 22 MB |
| 6 | Gangsterism Over 10 YearsJason Moran | Jason Moran | Play | 06:55 | 15 MB | 41 MB |
| 7 | Play To LiveAndrew Hill, Jason Moran | Jason Moran | Play | 04:20 | 9 MB | 23 MB |
| 8 | The Subtle OneTarus Mateen | Jason Moran | Play | 05:35 | 12 MB | 28 MB |
| 9 | To Bob Vatel Of ParisJaki Byard | Jason Moran | Play | 06:05 | 13 MB | 33 MB |
| 10 | Old BabiesJason Moran | Jason Moran | Play | 05:43 | 13 MB | 24 MB |
| 11 | Pas De Deux - Lines Ballet | Jason Moran | Play | 03:31 | 8 MB | 11 MB |
| 55 mins | 127 MB | |||||
| 55 mins | 300 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jonathan Altschuler | Mixing Assistant |
| 2 | Leonard Bernstein | Composer |
| 3 | Shanieka D. Brooks | Product Manager |
| 4 | Jaki Byard | Composer |
| 5 | Andrew Hill | Composer |
| 6 | Antwon Jackson | A&R |
| 7 | Gordon H. Jee | Creative Director |
| 8 | Rick Kwan | Assistant Tracking Engineer |
| 9 | Tarus Mateen | Bass, Composer |
| 10 | Clay Patrick McBride | Photography |
| 11 | Thelonious Monk | Composer |
| 12 | Jason Moran | Composer, Piano, Primary Artist, Producer |
| 13 | Conlon Nancarrow | Composer |
| 14 | Sascha von Oertzen | Engineer, Mixing |
| 15 | Gene Paul | Mastering |
| 16 | Adam Pendleton | Cover Design |
| 17 | Jamie Polaski | Mastering |
| 18 | Nasheet Waits | Drums |
| 19 | Eli Wolf | A&R |
| 20 | Burton Yount | Art Direction, Design |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |