# Same Mother > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Same_Mother > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Same_Mother.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same_Mother > Source revision: 1291251808 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 2005 studio album by Jason Moran Same Mother Studio album by Jason Moran Released February 1, 2005 Recorded May 15–16, 2004 Studio Systems Two, Brooklyn, NY Genre Jazz Length 48:48 Label Blue Note Producer Jason Moran Jason Moran chronology The Bandwagon (2003) Same Mother (2005) Artist in Residence (2006) ***Same Mother*** is the sixth album by American pianist and composer [Jason Moran](/source/Jason_Moran_(musician)) which was released on the [Blue Note](/source/Blue_Note_Records) label in 2005.[1][2] ## Reception Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [3] Allmusic [4] The Guardian [5] The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [6] The [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) 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".[3] [All About Jazz](/source/All_About_Jazz) 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".[4] In [The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian), 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".[5] In [JazzTimes](/source/JazzTimes), [Geoffrey Himes](/source/Geoffrey_Himes) 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".[7] ## Track listing All compositions by Jason Moran except where noted 1. "Gangsterism On the Rise" – 2:54 1. "Jump Up" – 5:48 1. "Aubade" ([Andrew Hill](/source/Andrew_Hill_(jazz_musician)), Moran) – 4:29 1. "G Suit Saltation" – 6:01 1. "I'll Play the Blues for You" ([Jerry Beach](/source/Jerry_Beach)) – 7:41 1. "Fire Waltz" ([Mal Waldron](/source/Mal_Waldron)) – 4:36 1. "[Field of the Dead](/source/Alexander_Nevsky_(Prokofiev))" ([Sergei Prokofiev](/source/Sergei_Prokofiev)) – 5:19 1. "Restin'" – 4:15 1. "The Field" (Alicia Hall Moran) – 4:06 1. "Gangsterism On the Set" – 3:39 ## Personnel - [Jason Moran](/source/Jason_Moran_(musician)) – piano - [Marvin Sewell](/source/Marvin_Sewell) – acoustic guitar, electric guitar - [Tarus Mateen](/source/Tarus_Mateen) – acoustic bass, acoustic-electric bass - [Nasheet Waits](/source/Nasheet_Waits) – drums ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Blue_Note_album_details_1-0)** [Blue Note: album details](http://www.bluenote.com/artists/jason-moran/same-mother) accessed June 7, 2018 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Jazzdisco: Jason Moran catalog](https://www.jazzdisco.org/jason-moran/catalog/#blue-note-7243-5-71780-2-0) accessed June 7, 2018 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Allmusic_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Allmusic_3-1) Collar, Matt. [Jason Moran – *Some Mother* > Review](https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000142399) at [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic_(identifier)). Retrieved June 7, 2018. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-AAJ_1_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-AAJ_1_4-1) Staff, AAJ. ["Jason Moran: *Same Mother*"](https://www.allaboutjazz.com/same-mother-jason-moran-blue-note-records-review-by-aaj-staff.php). *Musical reviews*. [All About Jazz](/source/All_About_Jazz). Retrieved June 7, 2018. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Guardian_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Guardian_5-1) Fordham, J. [The Guardian Review](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/apr/01/jazz.shopping3) accessed June 7, 2018 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Penguin_6-0)** [Cook, Richard](/source/Richard_Cook_(journalist)); [Morton, Brian](/source/Brian_Morton_(Scottish_writer)) (2008). *[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings](/source/The_Penguin_Guide_to_Jazz)* (9th ed.). [Penguin](/source/Penguin_Books). p. 1036. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-141-03401-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-141-03401-0). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Himes, G. [JazzTimes Review](https://jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/jason-moran-same-mother/) accessed June 7, 2018 v t e Jason Moran Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise. As leader Soundtrack to Human Motion (1998) Facing Left (2000) Black Stars (2001) Modernistic (2002) The Bandwagon (2002) Same Mother (2004) Artist in Residence (2006) Ten (released 2010) All Rise: A Joyful Elegy for Fats Waller (2014) With Charles Lloyd Rabo de Nube (2007) Mirror (2009) Athens Concert (and Maria Farantouri, 2010) Hagar's Song (co-led, 2012) Passin' Thru (2016) With others Baida (Ralph Alessi, 2012) A Cloud of Red Dust (Stefon Harris, 1997) Live at Tonic (Christian McBride, 2005) Lost in a Dream (Paul Motian, 2009) Friendly Fire (Joe Lovano and Greg Osby, 1998) Banned in New York (Greg Osby, 1997) Old Locks and Irregular Verbs (Henry Threadgill, 2015) Refraction – Breakin' Glass (Trio 3, 2012) Loverly (Cassandra Wilson, 2007) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Same Mother](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same_Mother) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same_Mother?action=history)). 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