Jason Moran

• 180 GRAM VINYL LP

The Sound Will Tell You, Moran's 3rd Solo piano recording, was made on January 4-6, 2021. Half of the works use an effect dubbed "DRIP", a filter to allow the sound cast a shadow. The Drip gives the note another gravity. These pieces are marked by "tear", "honey" and "shadow. Moran, from Houston, also recalls DJ Screw's ability to give a song a new sluggish gait. Drawing out the drawl and sinking the beat into the mud. The music moves in slower motion.

The Sound Will Tell You is being concurrently released with an exhibition of new works on paper at the Luhring Augustine Gallery in Tribeca, New York. Moran's practice of recording his hand motions on the piano manual creates a variation on the "recording". The attack of the finger on the key leaves a mark and accumulates residue.

Recorded on January 4-6, 2021 at: The Bridge Studio, in Brooklyn, NY

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Follow The Light
• A2. Spoken In Two (Tear)
• A3. For Love
• A4. My Mother's Handful Of Tea
• A5. Only The Shadow Knows (Honey)
• A6. Body & Soul With Intimate Friends (Shadow)

• SIDE B
• B1. Dawns After The Dream
• B2. Bee Mantra (Honey)
• B3. How Much More Terrible Was The Night
• B4. The Only Morning Coming (Tear)
• B5. Hum Then Sing Then Speak
• B6. Toni Morrison Said Black Is A Rainbow (Shadow)