The Kellan Moore Trio just released new music! Something More, the debut album from the jazz band, is the latest project to hit the airwaves from the MSU campus. Arthur White DMA of MERGE features the album in this week’s edition of his new jazz features:
MSU STEM Students Release Jazz Album
The Kellan Moore Trio is a three-piece group that consists of Kellan Moore (piano), Jaden Hopkins (bass) and Carston Putnam (drummer). The three musicians are students in STEM programs at Montana State and found their rhythm together at MSU’s Jazz Workshop Band and the One O’clock Jazz Ensemble. Since 2022, the trio has performed together more than 20 times at various events hosted across the MSU campus. But now, their music is making it on the airwaves up and out of campus with the release of their debut album, Something More.
Something More (Jazz Album Release)
The Kellan Moore Trio released their debut album on June 26, 2025. The project is titled “Something More” and has been released on Bandcamp. Tracks featured on the album include Pacific Gray, Anisoptera, Nothing Yet, Des Las Montanas al Mar, Consider The Possibilities, No Quarter, Textures and Rhododendron. Fully steeped in MSU energy, the trio rehearsed tracks for the album in the School of Music’s Howard Hall and collaborated with fellow students Ryan Matzinger, Alex Platt, Sienna Chandler, Mason Prince and Luke Breum to bring it all together.
Listen to Something More by The Kellan Moore Trio on Bandcamp!
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