tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35429900.post2597723804448687418..comments2023-04-16T13:53:57.295+00:00Comments on improvising guitar: post-modern jazz guitar pt. 0: electric authenticitythe improvising guitaristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07517613086214719180noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35429900.post-15839052171263869342007-07-18T15:58:00.000+00:002007-07-18T15:58:00.000+00:00Hey Mwanji, thanks for reading.Jason Moran’s work ...Hey Mwanji, thanks for reading.<BR/><BR/>Jason Moran’s work I know little about (although I feel I should put more effort into finding out). Kaplan’s article reminds me a little of what critics used to say (bemoan) about Django Bates’ playing. I think your question (“Is Jason Moran a post-modernist?”) deserves to be addressed in the <A HREF="http://improvisingguitar.blogspot.com/2007/07/post-modern-jazz-guitar-pt-0a-comments.html" REL="nofollow">body of a post</A>….<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the comment.<BR/><BR/>S. tigthe improvising guitaristhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07517613086214719180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35429900.post-21098469647905324962007-07-17T19:32:00.000+00:002007-07-17T19:32:00.000+00:00Is Jason Moran a post-modernist? Fred Kaplan seems...Is Jason Moran a post-modernist? Fred Kaplan <A HREF="http://blog.stereophile.com/fredkaplan/071607jazz/" REL="nofollow">seems to think so</A>, in the way he "appropriates everything around him, including ready-made objects, and somehow makes it all his own." Or you could "just" call him the Jaki Byard of the hip hop generation (not that that really feels complete, but it's snappy). Perhaps people forget that Byard was Moran's deepest mentor.Moandji Ezanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01507510837237294496noreply@blogger.com