Pianist Jason Moran credits Andrew Hill, a legendary jazz player and one of his mentors, with getting him outside. "He told me to get out of the hotel room when I'm on the road and have a life. Don't ...

When I reached Marcus Shelby on the phone at his home in San Francisco he was immersed in the music of Duke Ellington. Literally. “I’m surrounded by big band charts,” he said, while taking a short ...

Jason Moran plans to blend genres in one of his performances as the Detroit Jazz Festival’s artist-in-residence this year. “I’m thinking that I have to figure out a way to represent for Detroit’s ...

In one of the first big reveals of 2025's upcoming festival season, pianist and composer Jason Moran has been announced as the Artist-in-Residence for this year's Detroit Jazz Festival. A prolific ...

SHEEL PATEL/THE HOYA Curator of Music and Performing Arts at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African-American History and Culture Dwandalyn Reece (right), Georgetown University Distinguished ...

Pianist and Houston native Jason Moran pays homage to the musical range of Duke Ellington in a Houston concert called "Duke Ellington: My Heart Sings” on March 28. In an interview with Houston Matters ...

Norah Jones might have resuscitated Blue Note Records with her adult contemporary balladry, but pianist-composer Jason Moran might be the jazz label’s poster boy for the future. “What’s important is ...

His first solo museum show, simply titled “Jason Moran,” arrives at the Whitney Museum of American Art on Sept. 20, and will be on display through Jan. 5. Jason Moran will bring his interdisciplinary ...

“Moran incarnates the state of a music that often seems weighed down by its own history. He has assimilated piano techniques of eight decades, from stride to free, devising a personal music that ...

Composer and pianist Jason Moran is no longer the Kennedy Center's artistic director for jazz. Moran, an acclaimed pianist, composer, educator, bandleader, recording artist and MacArthur Fellow, ...

Jason Moran 2025 Detroit Jazz Fest Preview Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center at Wayne State University Tuesday, April 15 Credit: Ryan Patrick Hooper The Detroit Jazz Fest sets itself apart by being the ...