When Jason Moran became the 13th jazz musician to win a prestigious and lucrative MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, he was able to celebrate in a way that no other musician has. He played for a week at ...

Pianist Jason Moran, curator of the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival, sits down with us to talk about his vision for the event and jazz as Black art.

BURLINGTON, Vt. (ABC22/FOX44) – The 43rd Annual Burlington Discover Jazz Festival kicks off on June 3 and runs through June 7 ...

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. In an interview with Houston Matters ...

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, ...

When I reached Marcus Shelby on the phone at his home in San Francisco he was immersed in the music of Duke Ellington. Literally. “I’m surrounded by big band charts,” he said, while taking a short ...

Jason Moran's album "From The Dance Hall To The Battlefield," features Moran's take on James Reese Europe's compositions and pop music of that time. When we spoke, it was available only on Bandcamp ...

Jason Moran has played at his share of Detroit Jazz Festivals and has “always been very aware” of who the artists-in-residence were in those years. He was never expecting to be one of them, however.

Jason Moran 2025 Detroit Jazz Fest Preview Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center at Wayne State University Tuesday, April 15 Credit: Ryan Patrick Hooper The Detroit Jazz Fest sets itself apart by being the ...

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 a ...