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34 year-old pianist Jason Moran has proven, after seven years on the estimable Blue Note Records, more than his brilliance as a performer. He’s established himself as a risk-taker, a seeker of new directions for jazz as a whole. Looking to the wider world of art for inspiration, Moran has found it in edgy 20th century painters like Jean-Michel Basquiat (check out “JAMO Meets SAMO” from Soundtrack to Human Motion, his 1999 debut as a leader … , as well as his ongoing series of “Gangsterism” compositions), Egon Schiele (from whose painting entitled “Facing Left” Moran borrowed the title of his second album for Blue Note) and Robert Rauschenberg, whose chaotic refinement inspired Moran’s third album Black Stars, featuring the legendary Sam Rivers.

Jason Moran was born January 21, 1975 in Houston, Texas. He began studying the piano at age 6, but longed to quit the instrument until he first experienced the sounds of jazz legend Thelonious Monk, an experience that renewed his interest in music and established an early role model in his creative development.

Moran went on to attend Houston’s High School for the Performing and Visual Arts where he became an active member of the jazz program, playing in the big band and leading a jazz quartet. His aspirations and talents eventually led him to New York City where he continued his education at the Manhattan School of Music, a school to which he was drawn by the prospect of studying with the pianist Jaki Byard, a jazz leftist who became Moran’s teacher for 4 years and a role model for life.
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  • uppis5

    Amazing!

    October 2010

  • atroopofechoes

    fans of Jason might like A Troop of Echoes - creative saxophone-driven instrumental rock http://atroopofechoes.com

    April 2010

  • caaaaaaaaaitlin

    This man is the man.

    May 2009

  • backlightmail

    Incredible pianist. His tribute to Monk yesterday was brilliant.

    March 2009

  • frogphobia

    And somewhat like Don Byron, Jason Moran can switch between the old (stride, ragtime) and the new (hip hop, free jazz) without missing a beat. I heard him play a scorching version of "The Entertainer".

    February 2009

  • donKamillo

    great brain!

    December 2008

  • SirAlecHendrix

    Jason Moran—now playing in the brandnew ➤ j a z z | h a u s ➤

    September 2008

  • maxywaxy

    i saw him live a few years ago - brilliant musician. he started off accompanying a recording of the actual song he was using at the start of each piece and faded it out into just piano. hearing him play planet rock that way (and live) was phenomenal! light years above what he had recorded on modernistic.

    August 2008
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