Jason Moran, an acclaimed pianist, composer, educator, bandleader and recording artist, he has left his position as jazz ...

Composer, pianist, educator and bandleader Jason Moran announced on social media that he is no longer the artistic director for jazz. Moran joined the Kennedy Center in 2011.

And Jason Moran's new album is devoted to the music of James Reese Europe. So, Jason, let's hear your interpretation of it. But first, introduce it for us. Tell us what you wanted to do with it.

Across four days, four stages will present an exciting and eclectic array of jazz luminaries in downtown Detroit and in ...

Marcus Shelby will perform with Jason Moran in a series of SFJAZZ concerts celebrating Duke Ellington. (Courtesy of Marcus Shelby) He was just on the East Coast renewing his collaboration and ...

JASON MORAN AND ALICIA HALL MORAN: FAMILY BALL. At the Institute of Contemporary Art. Nov. 18 and Nov. 19 at 8 p.m. $25-$35. icaboston.org. Bill Beuttler can be reached at [email protected].

Houston native Jason Moran has spent the past several months playing the works of Duke Ellington, marking last year’s 125th anniversary of the composer's birth. Last Thanksgiving I saw him play ...

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 ...

“Shock” is the word Jason Moran uses for being named Artist-in-Residence for the 2025 Detroit Jazz Festival. “I’ve always been very aware of who (the Artists-in-Residence) were in previous ...

Moran plays from his latest recording, which borrows from the music of James Reese Europe, the composer who led the Harlem Hellfighters regiment band during WWI. Originally broadcast Aug. 7, 2023.