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JASON MORAN: Same Mother Track listing: 1. Gangsterism on the Rise 2. Jump Up -MP3 Preview>> 3. Aubade 4. G Suit Saltation 5. I'll Play the Blues for You 6. Fire Waltz 7. Field of the Dead ( Alexander Nevsky) 8. Restin' 9. The Field 10. Gangsterism on the Set Blue Note 71780 - To Be Released February 1, 2005 personnel: THE BANDWAGON: Jason Moran - piano, Tarus Mateen - bass, Marvin Sewell - guitars, Nasheet Waits - drums Biography for Same Mother release >>

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THE BANDWAGON: Live at the Village Vanguard Track listing: 1. Intro - 1:22 -Download mp3 of the complete intro>> 2. Another One - 8:13 -MP3 Excerpt>> 3. Intermezzo No. 2, Op. 118 4. Ringing My Phone (Straight Outta Istanbul) - 8:15     -MP3 Excerpt>> 5. Out Front - 7:57 6. Gentle Shifts South : My Folks' Folks - 4:40 7. Gangsterism on Stages - 5:12 -MP3 Excerpt>> 8. Body & Soul - 4:14 9. Infospace - 3:42 10. Planet Rock - 9:24 Blue Note 80917 - Released August 19, 2003 personnel: THE BANDWAGON: Jason Moran, piano; Tarus Mateen, bass; Nasheet Waits, drums

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Modernistic: Jason Moran Track listing: 1. You've Got to be Modernistic 2. Body and Soul 3. Planet Rock 4. Planet Rock Postscript 5. Time Into Space Into Time 6. Gansterism on Irons 7. Moran Tonk Circa 1935 8. Passion 9. Gansterism on a Lunchtable 10. Auf Einer Burg/In a Fortress 11. Gentle Shifts South Blue Note 39838 - released September 10,2002 personnel: Jason Moran, piano and mini piano

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Black Stars: Jason Moran & Bandwagon Track listing: 1. Foot Under Foot.mp3 2. Kinda Dukish 3. Gangsterism on a River 4. Earth Song 5. Summit 6. Say Peace 7. Braw the Light Out 8. Out Front 9. The sun at Midnight 10. Skitter In 11. Sound It Out Blue Note 32922- released August, 2001 personnel: Jason Moran, piano - Tarus Mateen, bass - Nasheet Waits, drums - Sam Rivers, tenor, soprano saxes, flute, piano (on Sound it Out)

MP3 excerpts: another_one thief_without_loot another_one_live Recorded live at the Regatta Bar in Boston, MA October 6, 1999 . MAC users: click & hold over link and "save link as source" PC users: right click over link and "save link as..."

Facing Left: Jason Moran Trio       On my sophomore recording I choose the smaller setting of a trio. I'd been performing a lot with Nasheet and Tarus and I wanted to document our work. Each of us had a hand in the arrangement of the compositions. These arrangements were developed largely on the bandstand. By the time we entered the studio, most of the arrangements were set. Another One, Wig Wise, and Battle of the Cattle Acts were not. On Another One we switched from trading fours (between the drums and piano) to trading musical ideas, regardless of the measures. That is a prime example our brand of loosening up the stereo typical trio form. During the actual recording, we are still striving to expand our responses to one another and the music happening AT THAT MOMENT.      The music on this record is a fusion of all of my influences. I have reworked two pieces by Duke Ellington, Later and Wig Wise. (Two pieces I performed in a concert in tribute to Duke Ellington. It was a celebration of his music that also included the artistry of Muhal Richard Abrams, Andrew Hill, Randy Weston, Geri Allen, and John Hicks. NYC 12/99) Joga, is a piece written by the Icelandic songstress, Bjork. Two pieces are taken from famous films: Murder of Don Fanucci, from Coppola's Godfather Pt.II, and Yojimbo from the Kurosawa'sYojimbo. Tarus Mateen is the composer of Another One, a piece that has become a theme song for the trio. Twelve was written by my late teacher Jaki Byard. notes on compositions personnel: Jason Moran, piano - Tarus Mateen, bass - Nasheet Waits, drums - Blue Note CD - Released June 27, 2000

MP3 excerpts:: gangsterism_on_canvas snake_stance retrograde MAC users: click & hold over link and "save link as source" PC users: right click over link and "save link as..."

Soundtrack to Human Motion: Jason Moran [review]       Soundtrack was my debut solo recording. Fortunately, I had some studio experience. And one of the lessons I learned was SELECT THE RIGHT MUSICIANS. I liked their personalities and I had recorded with each of them before.I like to feel socially and musically at ease in the studio.       The title, Soundtrack to Human Motion, I got from the phrase "Soundtrack to the Motion Picture." But, the music is not about a "movie", this is about my life . About a person going through life. Human Motions. This is the sound track to human motion. From Yuri Moran's (my brother) liner notes: Par Brassai, a photographer famous for capturing Parisian night life, once said "I think everyday life and what happens is the real life, my greatest ambition is to make something new and striking out of the banal and ordinary, to show everyday life in such a way as to make it seem as though it is seen by the eyes for the first time."       Jason Moran has assembled ten original compositions and set them in motion. Human motion if you will, walking instinctively down the paths of rhythm, living and breathing, moving to life's constant struggle. In his own words: "The concept of this record was to create a soundtrack to my daily life. A life that is steadily shifting directions that put me in motion. This collection of music attempts to capture the 'man on the move.'"       Pieces such as "Snake Stance", which is a Kung Fu fighting style, allows the soloist to "slither" through a "jungle" of sound. "JAMO Meets SAMO" was inspired by the paintings of Jean-Michel Basquiat. "Retrograde" is created from an Andrew Hill piece playing backwards on my record player. You never know where you'll find inspiration.       Indeed, out of the seemingly ordinary landscape of life, Jason Moran has created bold statements eloquently put in song. Mr. Moran's playing can be in your face, boiling over with aggression, and at other times sing subtlty in the background. Hopefully you'll be able to take elements of this album as nuggets of truth, and apply them to your own 'human motion'. notes on compositions personnel: Jason Moran, piano - Lonnie Plaxico, bass - Eric Harland, drums - Stefon Harris, vibes - Greg osby, alto & soprano saxes - Blue Note CD 97431- Released April 6,1999

RECORDINGS AS SUPPORT:

John B. Arnold: Logorythms Track listing: 1. Punishment Square - 7:17 2. Impressionist Techno - 4:17 3. Metropolitan Techno - 4:20 4. Access Denied - 3:17 5. Interval 1 - 2:35 6. Nu House - 6:29 7. Techno 2 - 3:40 8. Static - 3:01 9. The Second Thing - 2:12 10. Slow motion - 4:30 11. The Evolution Theory - 5:15 12. Interval 2 - 1:40 13. Interval dB - 2:00 14. Delirium - 3:55 La Frontiera 16304 - Released March 2004 personnel: John Arnold, electronic drums, acoustic drums, piano, samples, keyboards, keyboard arr., sequencers - Uri Caine, piano - Jason Moran, piano - Stefano Sastro, piano - Gary thomas, tenor sax, flute - Dave Binney, alto sax - Daniele tittarelli, alto sax - Massimo Urbani, alto sax sample - Tim Levebvre, upright bass - Reggie Washington, upright bass - Matthew Garrison, upright and electric bass - Marc Abrams, upright bass

Christophe Schweizer: Full Circle Rainbow Track listing: 1. Island - 14:34 2. Ovide - 9:17 3. Rule's End - 5:19 4. Dual Orbit - 10:29 5. Cheetah - 8:03 6. Sky - 15:40 The Montreux Jazz Label 01142 - Released May 2003 personnel: Christophe Schweizer, trombone - Ohad Talmor,tenor & soprano saxophones - Jason Moran, hammond B3 organ - George Colligan, hammond B3 organ - Billy Hart, drums

Tetsuro Kawashima: Cresta Track listing: 1. Thaw - 7:31 2. In Other Words - 10:57 3. C's Dream - 9:37 4. Llanos - 7:20 5. Mirage - 7:39 6. Cresta - 7:18 7. Bluespotted mud Hopper - 6:16 Ewe Records 0068 - Released September 2002 personnel: Tetsuro Kawashima, tenor & soprano saxophone - Jason Moran, piano - Akira Ishii, piano - Makoto Nakamura, piano

Hearsay: Brett Sroka Track listing: 1. Hearsay - 13:48 2. Happy-Go-Lukcy-ism - 6:20 3. Tabula Rosa - 6:50 4. A Sound Caresses the Breast of the Negress - 7:57 5. Undecided - 6:42 6. Beloved - 2:58 Fresh Sound - 140CD - Released 2002 personnel: Brett Sroka, trombone - Avishai Cohen, trumpet - Aaron Stewart, tenor sax - Jason Moran, piano - John Sullivan, bass - Eric Harland, drums

The Improvisor: Von Freeman Track listing: 1.Von Intro 2.If I should Lose You 3.Ski-Wee 4.What is This Thing Called Love? 5.Darn That Dream 6.Blue Bossa 7.Blues for Billie 8.I Like the Sunrise Premonition Records - August 27,2002 personnel: Von Freeman, tenor sax - Michael Raynor, drums(3-6) - Mike Allemana, guitar (3-6) - Jack Zara, bass (3-6) - Jason Moran, piano (7,8) - Mark Helias, bass (7) - Nasheet Waits, drums (7)

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Inner Circle: Greg Osby Track listing: 1. Entruption 2. Stride Logic 3. Diary of the Same Dream 4. Equalatogram 5. All Neon Like 6. Fragmatic Decoding 7. The Inner Circle Principle 8. Sons of the Confidential 9. Self-Portrait in Three Colors Blue Note CD 99871 - July 30, 2002 personnel: Greg Osby, alto saxophones - Jason Moran, piano - Stefon Harris, vibraphone - Tarus Mateen, bass - Eric Harland, drums

This Against That: Ralph Alessi Track listing: 1.Oversoul pt.1 2.Haw Hee 3.Soy Ink 4.Elaine 5.Expectations 6.Dialogue with the Mirror 7.Telepathic Voyeur 8.Angels 9.I am a Cowboy in the Boat of Ra (parts 1-4) 10.Mahalia RKM MUSIC - March 2002 personnel: Ralph Alessi, trumpet - Don Byron, clarinet - David Gilmore, guitar - Drew Gress, bass - Nasheet Waits, drums - Jason Moran, piano - Julie Patton, poetry

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Symbols of Light (A Solution): Greg Osby Track listing: 1. 3 For Civility 2. Repay in Kind 3. "M" 4. The Keep 5. Golden Sunset 6. This Is Bliss 7. One Room 8. Northbound 9. Wild is the Wind 10. Social Order 11. Minstrale Again (The Barefood Tap Dance) Blue Note 31395- released July 31,2001 personnel: Greg Osby, alto & soprano sax - Jason Moran, piano - Scott Colley, bass - Marlon Browden, drums - Marlene Rice-Shaw, violin - Christian Howes, violin - Judith Insell-Stack, viola - Nioka Workman, cello

Emergence: Lonnie Plaxico Track listing: 1.The Mahayana (great vehicle) 2.Transformation 3.Delusion 4.Emergence 5.Paramita(to arrive at the other side) 6.Lebertarian 7.Changing Lines 8.Emancipation 9.Red Light District 10.Sokoni(from the sea) 11.Equilibrium 12.2 bass 13.Inner Voice 14.Kalomo(the unexpected) 15.Matrix 16.Oji(the gift bearer) Savant Records, SCD-2019 Recorded 6/16/99 personnel: Lonnie Plaxico, acoustic & electric bass - Don Braden, tenor & soprano sax - Tim Haggarty, tenor sax - Ralph Alessi, trumpet - Larry Lunetta, trumpet - Eric Lewis, acoustic & electric pianos, organ - Jason Moran, acoustic piano - Haruko Nara, synthesizers - Lionel Cordew, drums - Jeffrey Haynes, percussion.

US version

New Directions: New Directions personnel: Greg osby, alto sax - Mark Shim, tenor sax - Stefon Harris, vibes - Jason Moran, piano - Tarus Mateen, bass - Nasheet Waits, drums - Blue Note CD - Released Feb. 2000

Banned in New York:Greg osby [review] personnel: Greg osby, alto sax - Jason Moran, piano - Atsushi (Az'Shi) osadi, bass - Rodney Green, drums - Blue Note CD 96860- Released Dec. 1,1998

Friendly Fire: Greg osby/Joe Lovano [review] personnel: Jason Moran, piano - Cameron Brown, bass - Idris Muhammad, drums - Joe Lovano, soprano & tenor sax, flute- Greg osby, alto & soprano saxes - Blue Note CD 99125 - Released June 8,1999

Zero: Greg osby [review] personnel: Greg osby, alto saxophone, Jason Moran: piano, Fender Rhodes, Hammond B-3 - Lonnie Plaxico, Dwayne Burno, bass - Rodney Green, drums - Blue Note CD 93760- Released June 6,1998

Further Ado: Greg osby      After joining Greg Osby's band in October of 1996, we went into the studio early in 1997. This was my first time in a professional studio. Greg gave me the music a couple of weeks before the recording, and I practiced rigorously until I felt somewhat comfortable on his music. After learning the written material, the next task is to find out the format of the improvisations. But in his band, he won't tell you the improvisational format until you get into the studio. Therefore, the improvisations are truly improvisations. On this recording, I was in the early stages of ridding myself of the chains that bound myself to other pianists. Greg's constant encouragement made me feel like I could "go for it". I remember the first tour I did with him, he said to me, " I'm trying to approach the saxophone as if it were a piano. A pianist can play in all registers of the keyboard at ease. On the saxophone, it's very difficult, but I want to make it sound as fluid as a linear scale." After hearing him say this, I knew that I wasn't taking full advantage of everything a pianist can do. Meanwhile, Jaki Byard was also showing me exercises that would allow me to widen the interval ranges in my improvisations. So, this recording marks the work that I had done on that subject. personnel: Greg osby, alto sax - Jason Moran, piano - Lonnie Plaxico, bass - Calvin Jones, bass - Eric Harland, drums - Tim Hagans, trumpet - Mark Shim, tenor saxophone - Cleave Guyton; flute, alto flute, clarinet - Jeff Haynes, percussion - Blue Note CD 56543- Released 1997

Sonic Language of Myth: Believing, Learning, Knowing : Steve Coleman & Five Elements [review] personnel: Tim Albright, trombone - Ralph Alessi, trumpet - Erik Charlston, vocals - Steve Coleman, alto sax - Ravi Coltrane, tenor sax - Miguel Diaz, percussion - Shane Endsley, trumpet - Dave Gold, viola - Craig Handy, tenor sax - Stefon Harris, vibraphone - Dorothy Lawson, cello - Vijay Lyer, piano - Karen McVoy, vocals - Robert Mitchell, piano - Jason Moran, piano - Eugene Palmore, vocals - Sara Parkins, violin - Todd Reynolds, violin - Sean Rickman, drums - Jeanne Ricks, vocals - Mary Rowell , violin - Rosangela Silvestre, vocals - Anthony Tidd, electric bass - Reggie Washington, acoustic bass Bmg/Rca Victor- Released May18,1999

Black Action Figure: Stefon Harris [review] personnel: Jason Moran, piano - Stefon Harris, vibes - Greg osby, alto sax - Steve Turre, trombone - Gary Thomas, piano - Eric Harland, drums - - Blue Note CD - Released September 14, 1999

A Cloud of Red Dust : Stefon Harris [review] personnel: Stefon Harris, vibraphone, balifone, orchestra bells, percussion - Mulgrew Miller & Jason Moran, piano - Dwayne Burno, bass - Alvester Garnett, drums - Kimati Dinizulu, percussion & one-string harp - Greg Osby, alto sax - Steve Wilson, soprano & alto sax - Steve Turre, shells & trombone - Kaoru Watanabe, flute - June Gardner, vocal - Blue Note CD - Released August 25, 1998