Critics Rave About Jason Moran's New Album 'Ten'

New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Blue Note Records) - 'Jason Moran's new album, Ten, is like a stack of progress reports, on his personal growth as a pianist and as composer, on the development of a trio with stable personnel for a decade, and on how jazz itself has progressed in the last 10 years... Jason Moran has come far in 10 years, as a pianist and leader, but he hasn't traveled alone. His trio The Bandwagon confirms the value of working groups; sometimes, musicians make the most progress by sticking together. They let the music develop, one decade at a time.'
-NPR 'Fresh Air'

'Jason Moran's new album lands with an accumulated weight, both intrinsic and external... The intrinsic part is what matters. It's what nudges 'Ten' toward a spirit of greatness.'
-The New York Times

"A startlingly gifted pianist with a relentless thirst for experimentation, Moran returns to a trio format and the results are devastatingly sharp... 'Ten' is an unpredictable, imaginative ride."
-Los Angeles Times

'It's been more than a decade since Jason Moran appeared out of nowhere and upended the notion that no one in jazz could do anything new on the piano... In 10 short years, he managed to issue several albums that are already considered classics and keep together a trio that is one of today's finest. That trio is behind 'Ten,' Moran's outstanding new disc. It contains the best of what he does: smart writing, propulsive rhythms, and improvisations that suggest mile-a-minute thinking and a sense that Moran constantly pushes himself to find the freshest phrase... so brilliant it would blind you if you could see sound.'
-Boston Globe

"One of the most original and conceptually brilliant jazz artists of his generation... Never in Moran's 10 years as a leader has there been doubt that he's a visionary, destined to be counted among the greats... Ten is the most immediately pleasurable album of his career..."
-Washington City Paper

"A devoted disciple of Thelonious Monk's approach to jazz piano, Moran also has his mighty fingers in the '60s avant-garde, pop and contemporary visual arts."
-TIME MAGAZINE

'As both a thinker and an entertainer, pianist Jason Moran has enjoyed a high profile as a jazz artist... Fueled by the expert bustle of his trio, he's given to expansive, sparkling showpieces; solo, he coaxes the still spaces between the notes into a cadence of their own.'
-PASTE MAGAZINE