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.

Jason Moran, jazz pianist, composer and bandleader of the group Bandwagoneers is a 2010 MacArthur Fellow. He was kind enough to join us from our bureau in New York.

People of all ages flooded the entrances to The Soraya’s “Jazz at Naz Festival” for Composer and Pianist Jason Moran’s collaboration with CSUN’s Jazz A Band, celebrating Duke Ellington, composer and ...

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, ...

December 7, 2018 • Pianist Jason Moran calls James Reese Europe "basically the 'big bang' of jazz." Moran's tribute to the composer and WWI "Hellfighter" pulls his contributions to the genre out ...

That’s Jason Moran, an accomplished pianist, educator and composer who currently serves as the artistic director for jazz at the Kennedy Center. He’s racked up 18 solo releases via jazz ...

Across four days, four stages will present an exciting and eclectic array of jazz luminaries in downtown Detroit and in Midtown on Wayne State's campus.

Like a painter with a fresh canvas, Moran uses his piano to illustrate colors, moods and ideas at the whim of his creativity. His third solo piano release is no exception. Recorded over two days in ...

Jazz pianist Jason Moran, who was named the Downbeat Magazine Jazz Artist of the Year in 2011, will open the show. His album Ten was also named Jazz Album of the Year.

The boundary-bursting artist Jason Moran (b. 1975) grounds his practice in the composition of jazz, bridging the visual and performing arts through spellbinding stagecraft. Heralded as one of the ...

Jason Moran, "STAGED: Savoy Ballroom 1," 2015. Installed as part of "Black Stars: Writing in the Dark," at Mass MoCA. Courtesy of the artist and Luhring Augustine, New York ...

Updated January 2, 2023 at 1:28 PM ET The inspiration for Jason Moran's new album, From the Dancehall to the Battlefield, came from a distinguished source, who passed it down like a family heirloom.