News

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.
Across four days, four stages will present an exciting and eclectic array of jazz luminaries in downtown Detroit and in ...
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.
Alicia Hall Moran and Jason Moran, shown in a re-created image by video designer Katherine Freer that was inspired by a black-and-white photo taken by Jason Moran. The original photo was part of ...
James Reese Europe, murdered by a member of his own band backstage at a Boston concert in 1919, introduced jazz to France and beyond.
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 ...
Pianist Jason Moran and bassist Marcus Shelby promise they will go deep into the catalogue of the legendary Duke Ellington.
Moran and researchers found that young soccer players run faster when focusing on their environment, rather than their body.
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 ...
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.