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  1. Jason Moran (born January 21, 1975) is an American jazz pianist, composer, and educator involved in multimedia art and theatrical installations. [1] Moran recorded first with Greg Osby and debuted as a band leader with the 1999 album Soundtrack to Human Motion.

  2. The Jazz Journalists Association awarded Moran with the “Up-n-Coming Jazz Musician” of 2003. Moran topped The Downbeat Critics Poll in three categories in 2003 and 2004 – Rising Star Jazz Artist, Rising Star Pianist, Rising Star Composer. In 2005, his blues homage, Same Mother was released. This same year he received the first ever ...

  3. Mar 23, 2022 · Pianist Jason Moran has been bringing his sensibilities to operatic and dance works, most recently Ronald K. Brown's "The Equality of Night and Day," Alonzo King’s “Single Eye,” part of ...

    • Mark Swed
    • Classical Music Critic
    • mark.swed@latimes.com
  4. Jan 2, 2023 · Jazz artist Jason Moran revisits the deep influence of Black composer and bandleader James Reese Europe, best known for serving with the Harlem Hellfighters in World War I.

  5. Apr 24, 2024 · Biography. Articles. News. Press. Has Influenced. Since his formidable emergence on the music scene in the late 90s, jazz pianist Jason Moran has proven more than his brilliance as a performer. The Blue Note Records recording artist has established himself as a risk-taker and innovator of new directions for jazz as a whole.

  6. Jan 2, 2020 · Advertisement. Moran grew up in Houston listening to Thelonious Monk and hip-hop, and by the time he turned 22, he was one of jazz music’s brightest rising stars. He won a MacArthur “genius ...

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  8. Nov 23, 2023 · Pianist Jason Moran reaches for 'the drama, the comedy and the tragedy' of music. Moran plays from his latest recording, which borrows from the music of James Reese Europe, the composer who led...