''Same Mother'' is the sixth album by American pianist and composer Jason Moran which was released on the

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Reception

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review by Matt Collar said "Boundary-pushing pianist Jason Moran expands his sound yet again with a blend of modern electric and acoustic blues on ''Same Mother'' ... for fans of both forward-thinking jazz and roots music, ''Same Mother'' -- a conceptual nod to the unifying notion that we are all ultimately descended from one mother -- holds considerable surprises".

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stated, "''Same Mother'' is a re-examination of the blues, not so much of its formal or harmonic elements, but rather its emotional and aesthetic constituents ... Ever since his arrival on the scene in the mid-1990s, Jason Moran has been a unique voice. He brings a wide-ranging, very contemporary perspective to even the oldest materials, including the blues. ''Same Mother'' is a triumph". In

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, John Fordham wrote "This fierce but idiomatically familiar set augments the superb trio Moran has run since the late 1990s (bassist Tarus Mateen and drummer Nasheet Waits) with guitarist Marvin Sewell, on a repertoire that ransacks the retro and reforges it in the furnace of Moran's imagination".Fordham, J
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noted "Moran has once again demonstrated how jazz can reinvigorate itself by reaching beyond the usual show tunes and hard-bop rewrites to find new material for improvisation. Whether the material is classical music, hip-hop or blues, the trick, Moran implies, is to recognize the family resemblance between jazz and its musical relative without mistaking them for identical twins".Himes, G
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Track listing

All compositions by Jason Moran except where noted # "Gangsterism On the Rise" – 2:54 # "Jump Up" – 5:48 # "Aubade" ( Andrew Hill, Moran) – 4:29 # "G Suit Saltation" – 6:01 # "I'll Play the Blues for You" ( Jerry Beach) – 7:41 # "Fire Waltz" (

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) – 4:36 # " Field of the Dead" (

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) – 5:19 # "Restin'" – 4:15 # "The Field" (Alicia Hall Moran) – 4:06 # "Gangsterism On the Set" – 3:39

Personnel

* Jason Moran – piano *

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– acoustic guitar, electric guitar *

Tarus Mateen Tarus Mateen, also known as Taurus Mateen and Tarus Dorsey Kinch (born October 21, 1967, Bakersfield, California) is an American double-bass and electric bassist, who works in jazz, pop, and R&B idioms.Gary W. Kennedy, "Tarus Mateen". '' The New ...

– acoustic bass, acoustic-electric bass *

Nasheet Waits Nasheet Waits is an American jazz drummer. Early life and career Waits is a New York native who has been active on the jazz scene since early in his life. His father, percussionist Freddie Waits, died when Waits was 18. Before pursuing a mu ...

– drums

References

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