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Jason Moran Spins Blues into Jazz

By Tom Moon

Published March 22, 2005 at 12:00 AM EST

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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