Jason Moran Spins Blues into Jazz

By Tom Moon

Published March 21, 2005 at 7:00 PM HST

Same Mother, the latest record by jazz pianist Jason Moran, takes the blues to places Muddy Waters and Duke Ellington might not recognize. Tom Moon has a review.

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Tom Moon has been writing about pop, rock, jazz, blues, hip-hop and the music of the world since 1983.

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