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'{{Infobox musical artist | name = Jason Moran | image = Image:jason-moran.jpg | caption = Moran in [[Aarhus]], Denmark | image_size = | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_name = | alias = | birth_place = [[Houston]], [[Texas]], United States | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|01|21}} | death_place = | death_date = | instrument = Piano | genre = [[Jazz]] | occupation = Musician, composer | years_active = | label = | associated_acts = | website = {{URL|jasonmoran.com}} }} '''Jason Moran''' (born January 21, 1975) is an American [[jazz]] [[piano|pianist]], [[composer]] and [[Jazz education|educator]], heavily involved in [[multimedia art]] and [[theater|theatrical]] installations.<ref name=toconnect>{{cite web| author= Russonello, Giovanni |date= 2012-12-10 |title= Jason Moran: "To Connect to Every Moment" |url=http://jazztimes.com/articles/63114-jason-moran-to-connect-to-every-moment |work=[[JazzTimes]]}}</ref> Moran recorded first with [[Greg Osby]] and debuted as a band leader with the 1999 album ''Soundtrack to Human Motion''. Since then, he has released eight other albums—with his trio '''The Bandwagon''', solo or leading other ensembles—and appeared in about 30 albums as a sideman. He has garnered much critical acclaim and won a number of awards for his playing and compositional skills, which combine elements of [[post-bop]] and [[avant-garde jazz]], blues, classical music,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/qbm5 |publisher=BBC |title= Jason Moran Ten Review |author= Kevin Le Gendre}}</ref><ref name=imanisf>{{cite news |url=https://www.sfcv.org/article/imani-winds-and-jason-moran-minimally-inspired-major-imprint |title=Imani Winds and Jason Moran: Minimally Inspired, Major Imprint |newspaper= San Francisco Classical Voice |date= 2014-06-04 |author= Brett Campbell |accessdate=October 22, 2014}}</ref> [[stride (music)|stride piano]],<ref name=toconnect/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2010/06/jason-moran-and-the-bandwagon-ten.html |title= Jason Moran and the Bandwagon: Ten |author= Steve Dollar |date =2010-06-22}}</ref> and [[hip hop]], among others. ==Career== ===Early years=== Moran was born in [[Houston, Texas]], and grew up in the [[Pleasantville, Houston|Pleasantville]] neighborhood of Houston. His high middle-class parents, Andy, an [[investment banker]], and Mary,<ref name=hchron04>{{cite news |url=http://www.chron.com/life/article/Jazzman-returns-for-a-high-school-reunion-With-1988994.php |title= Jazzman returns for a high school reunion |date= 2004-06-06 |newspaper= [[Houston Chronicle]] |author= David Theis }}</ref> a teacher, encouraged his musical and artistic sensibilities at the [[Houston Symphony]], museums and galleries, and through a relationship with [[John T. Biggers]] and a collection of their own.<ref name=toconnect/><ref name=outfront>{{cite web |url=http://jazztimes.com/articles/14178-jason-moran-out-front |title= Jason Moran: Out Front |work=JazzTimes |author= Nate Chinen |date= September 2003}}</ref> Moran began training at [[classical music|classical]] piano playing, in Yelena Kurinets' [[Suzuki method]] music school,<ref name=hchron04/> when he was six. However, his father's extensive record collection (around 10,000 in 2004), varied from [[Motown]] to classical to avant-garde jazz.<ref name=hchron04/> As a boy he developed a preference for [[hip hop music]]<ref name=mprnews>{{cite news |url=http://www.mprnews.org/story/2006/10/04/jasonmoran |publisher= [[Minnesota Public Radio]] |date= 2006-10-04 |first= Karl |last= Gehrke |title=Walker images reside in Jason Moran's jazz}}</ref><!-- in particular [[Yo! Bum Rush the Show]] by [[Public Enemy]]--><ref>{{cite web |url=http://jazztimes.com/articles/29294-jason-moran-takes-the-before-after-challenge |title= Jason Moran takes the Before & After Test |work= JazzTimes |author= Thomas Conrad |date= 2012-01-18 }}</ref> over the piano until, at the age of 13, he first heard the song "[['Round Midnight (song)|′Round Midnight]]" by [[Thelonious Monk]] at home,<ref name=s360>{{cite web |url=http://www.studio360.org/story/108552-jason-moran/ |title= Jason Moran, Interview + Performance [stream] |date=2010-07-02 |work=[[Studio 360]] |others= Kurt Andersen}}</ref> and switched his efforts to jazz. Monk's childlike melodies, with their many silent spaces, struck him as relatively easy to play and not overly ornate, while the rhythms were reminiscent of hip hop songs, and the harmonies unorthodox.<ref name=monk7min>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95561560 |title=Moran On Monk: Finding Rhythm And Space |publisher=NPR / WNYC |date=2008-10-15 |author=Sara Fishko |accessdate=December 3, 2014}}</ref> Both jazz and hip hop were part of Houston's [[skateboarding]] scene in which he was involved.<ref name=skatetrick>{{cite news |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_23132144/jason-morans-new-trick-skateboarding-at-sfjazz |work= [[San Jose Mercury News]] |title= Jason Moran's new trick: skateboarding at SFJazz |date= 2013-05-02 |first= Richard |last= Scheinin}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sfjazz.org/events/season1/may5-jason-moran-bandwagon-skateboarders |title=Jason Moran presents Bandwagon & live skateboarding |publisher= SFJAZZ| accessdate=8 November 2014}}</ref> He attended Houston's [[High School for the Performing and Visual Arts]] (HSPVA), graduating in 1993<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.houstonisd.org/Page/32173 |title= Distinguished HISD Alumni |publisher=Houston Independent School District| accessdate=8 November 2014}}</ref> from the jazz program headed by Robert Morgan. In his senior year, he was student director of the school's jazz combo<ref name=hchron04/> and part of the Texas high school all-state jazz ensemble.<ref name=werethey>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/ablogsupreme/2010/10/21/130728543/today-s-jazz-stars-back-in-high-school |last=Jarenwattananon |first=Patrick |publisher= NPR |work= A Blog Supreme |date=2010-10-21 |title=What Were They Like in High School? Today's Jazz Stars As Teens| accessdate=8 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tmea.org/programs/all-state/history |title=All-state history roster of 1993 |publisher=Texas Music Educators Association |accessdate=8 November 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151114081420/http://www.tmea.org/programs/all-state/history |archivedate=14 November 2015 |df= }}</ref> ===Late 1990s=== He then enrolled at the [[Manhattan School of Music]], from which he would graduate in 1997 with a BM degree, to study with pianist [[Jaki Byard]].<ref name=toconnect/><ref name=outfront/> The next year he participated in [[Betty Carter]]'s Jazz Ahead exclusive workshop, composing the piece "Make a Decision"<ref name=nprbetty>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/ablogsupreme/2011/12/16/143863701/jason-moran-curator |title=Jason Moran, Curator [stream]|work= A Blog Supreme |publisher=NPR |date=December 16, 2011 |author=Becca Pulliam |accessdate=November 27, 2014}}</ref> for the final concert. In 1997, when Moran was a senior at Manhattan School of Music, he was invited to join the band of [[saxophone|saxophonist]] [[Greg Osby]] for a European tour, following a conversation that lingered mostly on older piano jazz, and no audition.<ref name=toconnect/> Osby liked his playing, and Moran continued to play with Osby's group upon their return to the United States, making his first recorded appearance on Osby's 1997 [[Blue Note Records|Blue Note]] album ''Further Ado''. He would subsequently appear on several other Osby albums, and Osby would introduce him to avant-garde pianists [[Muhal Richard Abrams]] and [[Andrew Hill]].<ref name=irock>{{cite web| title= Jason Moran: The Modern Maestro |url=http://irockjazz.com/2013/08/jason-moran-the-modern-maestro/ |publisher=iRock Jazz |author= Paul Pennington |date= 2013-08-09|accessdate=8 November 2014}}</ref> His stint with Osby led Moran to sign a contract of his own with Blue Note. His debut ''Soundtrack to Human Motion'' was released in 1999. Moran was joined on the album by Osby, [[drummer]] [[Eric Harland]] (a classmate of Moran's at the Manhattan School, and the one who recommended him to Osby), [[vibraphone|vibraphonist]] [[Stefon Harris]] and acoustic [[upright bass|bassist]] [[Lonnie Plaxico]]. ===2000s=== Moran's next album, 2000's ''Facing Left'' (after a work by [[Egon Schiele]]<!--there are several possibilities, like [http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/483430] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Egon_Schiele_-_Nach_links_schreitender_Frauenakt_-_1914.jpeg] [http://www.egon-schiele.net/Child-in-profile-facing-left.html] [http://www.the-athenaeum.org/art/detail.php?ID=7337] [http://www.pinterest.com/pin/459156124481270324/]...--><ref name=offibio>{{cite web |url=http://www.jasonmoran.com/read_bio.html |publisher= jasonmoran.com |title= Bio}}</ref>), featured a trio that formed out of Osby's group, New Directions:<ref name=toconnect/> Moran, bassist [[Tarus Mateen]] and drummer [[Nasheet Waits]]. Compositions were some of Moran's and some by Mateen, [[Duke Ellington]], [[Björk]] and Byard. The trio, which came to be known as '''The Bandwagon''', was joined by saxophonist and pianist [[Sam Rivers]] for their next album, ''Black Stars'', which appeared in 2001.<ref name=wsj05>{{Cite news| issn = 0099-9660| last = Blumenfeld| first = Larry| title= Jason Moran: Jazz with a Southern Accent| work = Wall Street Journal| date=2005-05-19| url=https://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB111646334537137653?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB111646334537137653.html| accessdate=8 November 2014}}</ref> ''Black Stars'' was included in NPR's "The 50 Most Important Recordings of the Decade."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/ablogsupreme/2009/11/jason_moran_the_bad_plus_decade.html |title=Jazz and the 50 Most Important Albums of 2000-2009 |publisher=NPR |date=November 13, 2009 |last=Jarenwattananon |first=Patrick |accessdate=November 26, 2014}}</ref> In 2002, Moran released a solo album, ''Modernistic'', and followed it in 2003 with a live trio album, recorded at [[New York City|New York]]'s [[Village Vanguard]], called ''The Bandwagon''.<ref>{{cite web| author=Patrick Jarenwattananon |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130186558 |title=Jason Moran and the Bandwagon: Live at the Village Vanguard |publisher=NPR |date= |accessdate=2010-09-30}}</ref> That same summer he appeared in the [[Montreal International Jazz Festival]], first partnering with [[Lee Konitz]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/lee-konitz-concerts-at-the-montreal-jazz-festival-by-virginia-a-schaefer.php?page=1#.VFvMSsnPsa4 |title= Lee Konitz Concerts at the Montreal Jazz Festival |date=2003-10-06 |author= Virginia Schaefer |publisher=Allaboutjazz.com| accessdate=8 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://jazztimes.com/articles/17933-montreal-international-jazz-festival-2003 |title= Montreal International Jazz Festival 2003 |work=JazzTimes |author= Bill Milkowski |date= 2003-07-08}}</ref> and then with the trio.<ref name=montreal>{{cite web |url=http://www.montrealjazzfest.com/artists/artist.aspx?id=4212# |title= Artist: Jason Moran |publisher= [[Festival International de Jazz de Montréal]] |accessdate=8 November 2014}}</ref> In 2004 he played on [[Don Byron]]'s ''Ivey-Divey''. The Ivey-Divey Trio (sometimes a quartet<ref>{{Cite news| author=Nate Chinen| title= Jazz Listings| work = The New York Times| accessdate=2014-11-22| date=2007-08-24| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/24/arts/music/24jazz.html}}</ref>) toured for a number of years, from the [[Monterey Jazz Festival]] 2004 to Montreal's Jazz Festival in 2006<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.donbyron.com/sub_pages/archives/1_perf_2006_1.html |publisher=Don Byron |title=Performances [archives]}}</ref> to <!--at least-->[[WinterJazzFest]] in 2009.<ref>{{citation |url=http://winterjazzfest.com/2009/2009artistbioslinks.html |title=2009 NYC WinterJazzFest Artist Bios |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206214126/http://winterjazzfest.com/2009/2009artistbioslinks.html |archivedate=2013-12-06 |accessdate=2014-11-23}}</ref> Moran's 2005 album ''Same Mother'', an exploration of the blues, brought guitarist [[Marvin Sewell]] into the Bandwagon mix. Moran's 2006 release, ''Artist in Residence'', included a number of selections from different works commissioned by museums, all of which premiered in 2005: "Milestone"<!--for the [[Walker Art Center]]--> is centered on a visual work by [[Adrian Piper]] from the [[Walker Art Center]];<ref name=mprnews/> "The Shape, the Scent, the Feel of Things"<!--for the [[Dia Art Foundation]],--> was incorporated into a preexisting installation of that name by artist [[Joan Jonas]];<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/exhibition/jonas |title=Joan Jonas: The Shape, the Scent, the Feel of Things |publisher= [[University of California, Berkeley]] Art Museum |first= Lucinda |last= Barnes| accessdate=8 November 2014}}</ref> and "RAIN",<!-- for [[Jazz at Lincoln Center]]--> inspired by [[ring shout]]s from [[Slavery in the United States|African American slaves]],<ref name=wsj05/> is a recording of The Bandwagon with guests [[Marvin Sewell|Marvin Sewel]]<nowiki/>l, [[Ralph Alessi]] and Abdou Mboup. Critical reception to ''Artist in Residence'' has been arguably colder that to his other releases.<ref>See for example {{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/22/AR2007022200533.html |work= [[The Washington Post]] |title= JASON MORAN "Artist in Residence" Blue Note |date= 2007-02-23 |first = Geoffrey |last= Himes| accessdate=8 November 2014}}</ref> Moran's ''IN MY MIND'', premiered in 2007,<ref>{{Cite web| title= Jason Moran, "In My Mind: Monk at Town Hall 1959" |author= Virginia A. Schaefer |work=JazzTimes |accessdate=2014-10-14 |url=http://jazztimes.com/community/articles/40869-jason-moran-in-my-mind-monk-at-town-hall-1959 }}</ref> is a multimedia presentation inspired by [[Thelonious Monk]]'s 1959 "large band" concert at [[The Town Hall]] in New York City. It utilises filmed and taped material of Monk's rehearsal, found in the archive of [[W. Eugene Smith]], and video art by David Dempewolf.<ref name=mindindc>{{cite web |url=http://jazztimes.com/articles/26492-jason-moran-in-all-languages |title=Jason Moran: In All Languages |author=Geoffrey Himes |newspaper=JazzTimes |date=October 2010 |accessdate=November 26, 2014}}</ref> A text-laden painting from [[Glenn Ligon]] extracted the words "In My Mind" - which Monk says on one of Smith's tapes - as did Moran, incorporating the soundbite into the set. The program is played by The Big Bandwagon:<ref name=nymagmonk>{{cite news |url=http://nymag.com/arts/popmusic/features/54627/ |title=Jason Moran Reimagines Thelonious Monk's 1959 Town Hall Concert |newspaper= [[New York Magazine]] |date= 2009-02-22 |author= Martin Johnson |accessdate=December 3, 2014}}</ref> the trio with a largely changeable five piece [[horn section]]. ''The New York Times'' wrote, "It had a magical balance of theory and intuition, and the crowd stayed fully with it."<ref name=59nyt>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/02/arts/music/02monk.html?_r=0 |title=Music Review - 'In My Mind - Monk at Town Hall, 1959' - Fifty Years Later, Two Different Takes on Thelonious Monk's Historic Town Hall Appearance |newspaper=The New York Times |date= March 1, 2009 |author=Ben Ratliff |accessdate=November 23, 2014}}</ref> The February 2009 installation is the subject of a documentary film of the same name.<ref>{{Cite news| title= Full Frame Documentary Film Festival 2010: In My Mind (Gary Hawkins) |url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/house/2010/04/full-frame-documentary-film-festival-2010-in-my-mind-gary-hawkins/ |last= Ryel-Lindsey |first= Arthur |date= 2010-04-11 |magazine= [[Slant Magazine]]|accessdate=8 November 2014}}</ref> In April 2007 Moran took the piano in [[Charles Lloyd (jazz musician)|Charles Lloyd]]'s New Quartet, succeeding [[Geri Allen]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.montereyjazzfestival.org/artists/charles-lloyd|title=2014 Showcase Artist : Charles Lloyd |publisher=Monterey Jazz Festival |accessdate=1 December 2014}}</ref><ref name=07allen>{{cite web |url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/portland-jazz-festival-day-3-february-18-2007-by-john-kelman.php?id=24832&pg=#3 |title=Portland Jazz Festival Day 3: February 18, 2007 |newspaper=Allaboutjazz.com |date=February 26, 2007 |author=John Kelman |accessdate=November 25, 2014}}</ref> He was the last member to join the group,<ref>{{Cite|title= Past Appearances [Reuben Rogers]|accessdate=2014-11-25|url=http://www.revisemysite.com/pdfs/86-Past%20gigs.pdf |date=December 2010}}</ref> which keeps touring (as of 2014), having recorded one studio album and two live ones. Moran and Lloyd recorded a duo album, ''[[Hagar's Song]]'', in 2013. From September 2009 to about 2012 Moran toured with [[Dave Holland]]'s Overtone Quartet.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/10/arts/music/10overtone.html |date=2009-09-10 |title= An Experienced Leader Brings Out a Collectivist Spirit |author=Nate Chinen |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|accessdate=8 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_20044770 |publisher= [[San Jose Mercury News]] |title= Review: Bassist Dave Holland's Overtone Quartet: Four personalities, one fixed point |date= 2012-02-25 |first= Richard |last= Scheinin|accessdate=8 November 2014}}</ref> "Live: Time" is a 2008 complement to the [[Philadelphia Museum of Art]] exhibition on [[The Quilts of Gee's Bend]].<ref name=philma08>{{cite web|title= Art After 5 Premieres a New Composition by Jazz Pianist Jason Moran Inspired by the Quilts of Gee's Bend |publisher= [[Philadelphia Museum of Art]] |date= 2008-12-01 |accessdate=2014-10-14|url=http://www.philamuseum.org/press/releases/2008/718.html }}</ref><ref name=nker>{{cite news |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/03/11/jazz-hands |title=Jazz Hands, How Jason Moran bends the rules |author=Alec Wilkinson |date=2013-03-11}}</ref> ''Cane'' was written for classical wind quintet [[Imani Winds]] - among them Moran's college classmate Toyin Spellman.<ref name=imanisf/> It premiered in October 2008, and appeared<ref>{{allmusic |class= album |id= terra-incognita-mw0002014168 |label= ''Terra Incognita''}}</ref> in their album ''Terra Incognita'' in 2010; it relates to [[Marie Thérèse Metoyer]] and Moran's family history in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana]].<ref name=windsbrazil>{{cite web |url=http://www.imaniwinds.com/print.php?id=68&view=acclaim&nid=5504 |title=Imani Winds / Excellence marks the concert of American quintet in festival. |newspaper=[[O Estado de S. Paulo]] |author= Joao Marcos Coelho |accessdate=October 21, 2014 |via= ImaniWinds.com (translated)}}</ref><ref name=windsclev>{{cite web |url=http://www.imaniwinds.com/print.php?id=68&view=acclaim&nid=4980 |title= Imani Winds: Tuesday Musical Series... |newspaper= Cleveland Classical |author= Mike Telin |accessdate=October 21, 2014 |via= ImaniWinds.com}}</ref> "Refraction" is a ballet Moran scored and accompanied for [[Alonzo King LINES Ballet]] in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.linesballet.org/performances/repertoire/refraction/ |title=Refraction |publisher=Alonzo King LINES Ballet}}</ref> Four independent short films and a feature documentary appeared in the 2000s with soundtracks by Moran (see below). In addition, he collaborated with Ligon on 2008's ''[[Glenn Ligon#Film|The Death of Tom]]'':<ref name=jtligon>{{cite web |url=http://jazztimes.com/articles/27339-jason-moran-plays-with-abstract-expressionism |title=Jason Moran Plays With Abstract Expressionism |author=Jason Rabin |newspaper=JazzTimes |date=2011-03-22 |accessdate=December 4, 2014}}</ref> an abstract, conceptual, video artwork. Reflecting their shared historical interests, Moran contributed a score based on the song "[[Nobody (1905 song)|Nobody]]" by Bert Williams.<ref name=chicread/> The work is in the [[MoMA]] collection,<ref name="moma2009.63">{{cite web |url=http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=126643 |publisher=MoMA |title= MoMA - The Collection. The Death of Tom, 2008 |accessdate=December 4, 2014}}</ref><!--actually there are 3 copies: http://www.artnet.com/artists/glenn-ligon/the-death-of-tom-a-DyjC4JgsllUee3X_alnHZQ2 , http://www.regenprojects.com/artists/glenn-ligon/images/#21 ... --> but he played to it again in a screening in 2011.<ref name=whitneyligon>{{cite web |url=http://whitney.org/WatchAndListen/PublicPrograms?context=PublicProgram&play_id=390 |title=On ''The Death of Tom'', with Glenn Ligon, Jason Moran, and Terrance McKnight [audio stream: music and discussion]|publisher=[[Whitney Museum of American Art]] |date=March 23, 2011 |accessdate=December 4, 2014}}</ref> ===2010s=== The album ''Ten'',<ref>{{cite news|author=John Fordham |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/aug/19/jason-moran-ten-cd-review |title=Jason Moran: Ten &#124; CD review &#124; Music |publisher=''The Guardian'' |date= 2010-08-19| accessdate=2010-09-30 |location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/06/album-review-jason-morans-ten.html |title=Album review: Jason Moran's 'Ten' &#124; Pop & Hiss &#124; ''Los Angeles Times'' |publisher=Latimesblogs.latimes.com |date=2010-06-21 |accessdate=2010-09-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/7956635/Jason-Moran-Ten-Blue-Note-CD-review.html |title=Jason Moran: Ten Blue Note, CD review |publisher=''Telegraph'' |date=2010-08-20 |accessdate=2010-09-30 |location=London}}</ref> released in 2010, marked a ten-year interval from the Bandwagon's debut, ''Facing Left''. It features "Blue Blocks" off the Philadelphia Museum commission, "RFK in the Land of Apartheid," from an original score to a documentary film of the same name,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rfksafilm.org/html/filmcredits.php |title= Film credits |author=Larry Shore}}</ref> and "Feedback Pt. 2", <!--commissioned by the [[Monterey Jazz Festival]],--> an homage to [[Jimi Hendrix]]'s performance at the 1967 [[Monterey Pop Festival]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://jazztimes.com/articles/26415-ten-jason-moran-and-the-bandwagon |publisher= JazzTimes |author= Ron Wynn |date= September 2010 |title= Jazz Reviews: Ten Jason Moran and the Bandwagon}}</ref> Monk's "Crepuscule with Nellie" was recorded at the ''IN MY MIND'' tour.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/ten-jason-moran-blue-note-records-review-by-david-adler.php?width=360 |author = David Adler |date = 2010-06-12 |title= Jason Moran: Ten (2010) |publisher=Allaboutjazz.com}}</ref> ''Ten'' also contains a composition by Moran and Andrew Hill, and others by [[Leonard Bernstein]], Jaki Byard, [[Conlon Nancarrow]] and [[Bert Williams]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/2010/06/22/128005305/jason-moran-ten-years-later |title= Jason Moran, 'Ten' years later |date=2010-06-10 |publisher=NPR |author=Kevin Whitehead|accessdate=8 November 2014}}</ref> The Downbeat 2010 critics' poll voted ''Ten'' "Jazz Album of the Year", while also voting Moran "Pianist of the Year" and "Jazz Artist of the Year."<ref name=dbpoll>{{cite news |url=http://www.downbeat.com/digitaledition/2011/db201108/_art/db201108.pdf |format= pdf |title= 59th Annual Critics Poll [cover] |date= August 2011 |newspaper= [[Down Beat]]|accessdate=8 November 2014}}</ref> The New York Times chose ''Ten'' among 2010 top 10 pop and jazz albums.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/19/arts/music/19chinen.html |author= Nate Chinen |date= 2010-12-19 |newspaper= [[The New York Times]] |title= Top 2010 Pop and Jazz&nbsp;– Jason Moran, Kanye West / Renewal, the Sensual and Fraught Candor|accessdate=8 November 2014}}</ref> Since 2011 Moran has been performing the show "Fats Waller dance party", originally commissioned by [[Harlem Stage]]. It became the basis of a 2014 release, ''All Rise: A Joyful Elegy for Fats Waller'', dedicated to [[Fats Waller]] and the form of popular entertainment that jazz was in his days.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://jazztimes.com/articles/126052-concert-review-jason-moran-s-fats-waller-dance-party | title= Concert Review: Jason Moran's Fats Waller Dance Party |date= 2014-04-07 |first= Bill |last= Beuttler |publisher= JazzTimes|accessdate=8 November 2014}}</ref> Participants in the fluid roster have included singers [[Meshell Ndegeocello]], in a co-leader position, and Lisa E. Harris, drummer [[Charles Haynes (musician)|Charles Haynes]]' ensemble with trumpeter [[Leron Thomas]] and trombonist [[Josh Roseman]], saxophonist [[Steve Lehman (composer)|Steve Lehman]] and bassist [[Mark Kelly (bassist)|Mark Kelly]]. <!--Other works include-->Moran's composition, "Slang", was commissioned for the 2011 [[Other Minds (organization)|Other Minds]] Festival in San Francisco.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://radiom.org/detail.php?omid=OMF.2011.03.05.c1.A |title= Other Minds Festival: OM 16: Panel Discussion & Concert 3 |date= 2011 |publisher= [[Other Minds (organization)|Other Minds]]/radiOM|accessdate=8 November 2014}}</ref> In the May 2012 [[Whitney Biennial]], Alicia Hall Moran and Jason curated ''BLEED'', a week-long event that involved many artists and artisans, and aimed to expose artistic processes to the point "it has to be scary".<ref name=toconnect/><ref name=nytbleed>{{cite news |url=http://mobile.nytimes.com/2012/05/15/arts/music/alicia-hall-moran-and-jason-moran-in-bleed-at-whitney.html?_r=0 |title= Art, Ancestry, Africa: Letting It All Bleed |author= Ben Ratliff |date= 2012-05-14 |newspaper = [[The New York Times]]|accessdate=8 November 2014}}</ref> Later that year a new performance with Joan Jonas, ''Reanimation'' was first staged in [[dOCUMENTA (13)]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://d13.documenta.de/#/programs/the-kassel-programs/some-artworks-and-programs-initiated-by-documenta-13-participants/reanimation/ |title=dOCUMENTA (13) |accessdate=8 November 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150306230259/http://d13.documenta.de/ |archivedate= 6 March 2015 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.luhringaugustine.com/news/reanimation-jason-moran-with-joan-jonas |title= "Reanimation" Jason Moran with Joan Jonas |publisher= Luhring Augustine|accessdate=8 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-features/news/glacial-pace-joan-jonass-reanimation/ |title= Glacial Pace: Joan Jonas's "Reanimation" |publisher= [[Art in America]] |author= Gillian Young |date= 2013-11-22|accessdate=8 November 2014}}</ref> In the summer of 2013 and the next, Moran accompanied, with The Bandwagon and guest [[Jeff Parker (musician)|Jeff Parker]], [[skateboarding]] shows in [[SFJAZZ Center]].<ref name=skatetrick/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_23177312/review-jason-morans-jazz-skateboarding-duet |publisher= [[San Jose Mercury News]] |title= Review: Jason Moran's jazz/skateboarding duet |date= 2013-05-05 |first= Richard |last= Scheinin|accessdate=8 November 2014}}</ref> <!--2014 works include-->In April 2014 Moran and Imani Winds premiered ''Jump Cut Rose'', which he wrote for the quintet and a piano,<ref name=imanisf/><!-- in [[Hopkins Center for the Arts]]--><ref>{{cite news |url=http://thedartmouth.com/2014/04/02/arts/imani-winds-jason-moran-to-debut-original-piece-at-the-hop |title= Imani Winds, Jason Moran to debut original piece at the Hop |newspaper= [[The Dartmouth]] |date= 2014-04-02}}</ref> In May, ''Looks of A Lot'', a theatrical co-production with [[Theaster Gates]] on the theme of Chicago artistic history<ref name=chicread>{{cite news |url=http://m.chicagoreader.com/chicago/jason-moran-bandwagon-theaster-gates-ken-vandermark/Content?oid=13712685 |title= Jason Moran Builds a Bigger Bandwagon |date= 2014-05-28 |publisher= [[Chicago Reader]] |accessdate=8 November 2014}}</ref> premiered in the city's [[Symphony Center]]<!--, which<ref name=irock/> commissioned it-->; participants included The Bandwagon, the [[Kenwood Academy]] Jazz Band,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/chi-kenwood-series-story-gallery-20140519-storygallery.html |author= Howard Reich |title= Kenwood's Journey |date= 2014-10-01 |publisher= [[Chicago Tribune]]|accessdate=8 November 2014}}</ref> [[Ken Vandermark]] and [[Katie Ernst]], bassist and vocalist.<ref>{{cite web| author= Alex Marianyi |url=http://nextbop.com/blog/jasonmoranlivewiththeastergates5302014 |title= Jason Moran Live with Theaster Gates - 5/30/2014 |publisher= nextbop.com|accessdate=8 November 2014}}</ref> The same month, the Bandwagon played their composition, "The Subtle One", to a ballet adaptation by [[Ronald K. Brown]].<ref>{{Cite news| last = Burke| first = Siobhan|title= A Premiere for Ronald K. Brown's Evidence at the Joyce |newspaper=The New York Times|accessdate=2014-11-24 |date=2014-06-04|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/05/arts/dance/a-premiere-for-ronald-k-browns-evidence-at-the-joyce.html }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://dukeperformances.duke.edu/calendar/ronald-k-brownevidence-dance-company-jason-moran-bandwagon-%E2%80%A2-subtle-one |title=Ronald K. Brown / Evidence Dance Company & Jason Moran & The Bandwagon • 'The Subtle One'|publisher=Duke Performances |accessdate=1 December 2014}}</ref> In September he appeared twice in the [[Monterey Jazz Festival]]: Leading a ''Fats Waller Dance Party'', in a one-piano duo with Robert Glasper,<ref name=monte57>{{cite web |url=http://www.montereyjazzfestival.org/press/100214 |title=57th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival an Outstanding Success |publisher=Monterey Jazz Festival |accessdate=November 23, 2014}}</ref> and with Charles Lloyd New Quartet.<ref name=montelong>{{cite web |url=https://www.montereyjazzfestival.org/artists/jason-moran |title=Jason Moran |publisher=Monterey Jazz Festival |date=2014}}</ref> He was responsible for the music of the multi-nominated 2016 documentary [[13th (film)|13th]]. In addition to recordings under his own name, Moran has recorded with a range of other musicians including Greg Osby, [[Steve Coleman]], [[Charles Lloyd (jazz musician)|Charles Lloyd]], [[Cassandra Wilson]], [[Joe Lovano]], [[Christian McBride]], [[Von Freeman]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/the-improvisor-von-freeman-premonition-records-review-by-dan-mcclenaghan.php#.VFvb0MnPsa4 |author= Dan McClenaghan |date= 2002-11-16 |publisher=Allaboutjazz.com |title= Von Freeman: The Improvisor (2002)|accessdate=8 November 2014}}</ref> [[Francisco Mela]], and [[Don Byron]]. He also performed with [[Ravi Coltrane]],{{citation needed|date=November 2014}} [[Marian McPartland]],<ref>[http://beta.worldcat.org/archivegrid/collection/data/49997711 Rochester, 2002]</ref><ref>Monterey, 2004: {{cite news |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/15/monterey.mcpartland/ |publisher=CNN|title=Piano legend McPartland: Cool jazz still hot |date=September 15, 2004 |accessdate=November 23, 2014}} {{cite web |url=http://collections.stanford.edu/mjf/search.action?performer=%22McPartland%2C+Marian%22&performer_facet=Moran,%20Jason&page=1 |title=The Monterey Jazz Festival Collection}} {{cite web |url=http://www.j-notes.com/2004/04/47th_annual_monterey_jazz_fest/ |title=47th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival Lineup Announced |publisher=j-notes.com |date=April 6, 2004}}</ref><ref>{{allmusic |class= song |id= summertime-mt0030137847 |label= "Summertime", from ''85 Candles''}}</ref> Lee Konitz,<ref name=montreal/> [[Wayne Shorter]] (as substitute),<ref>{{cite web|author= Thomas Conrad |date= 2005-05-17 |title=Umbria Jazz Melbourne 05 |url=http://jazztimes.com/articles/17816-umbria-jazz-melbourne-05 |publisher= JazzTimes|accessdate=8 November 2014}}</ref> [[Robert Glasper]],<ref name=nytglasper11>{{Cite news |author= Ben Ratliff|title= Pistol Annies, YOB, Deaf Center, Paul Simon / Packing Heat and Singing Sweetly [2011 top ten albums] |newspaper= The New York Times|accessdate= 2014-12-03 |date= 2011-12-15 |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/18/arts/music/pistol-annies-yob-deaf-center-paul-simon.html |ref= nytglasper11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | last = Micallef| first = Ken |title= Glasper, Moran Stride into the Spotlight at Winter Jazzfest Blue Note Tribute | work = [[Down Beat]]|accessdate=2014-10-14|date=2014-01-10|url=http://www.downbeat.com/default.asp?sect=news&subsect=news_detail&nid=2306 }}</ref> violinist [[Jenny Scheinman]],<ref name=scheinmancast>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/event/music/96151154/jenny-scheinman-live-at-the-village-vanguard# |title=Jenny Scheinman: Live At The Village Vanguard |publisher=NPR / WBGO |date= October 29, 2008 |accessdate=November 3, 2014}}</ref> [[The Bad Plus]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/ablogsupreme/2010/12/14/131695257/video-full-concerts-from-jason-moran-the-bad-plus-more |title=Video: Full Concerts From Jason Moran, The Bad Plus, More |publisher= NPR |work= A Blog Supreme |date= 2010-11-30}}</ref> guitarist [[Mary Halvorson]] and trumpeter [[Ron Miles]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/25/arts/music/25carefusion.html |title= Old Hand Tries New Approach to Jazz Festival |newspaper= [[The New York Times]] |date= 2010-02-24| accessdate=8 November 2014}}</ref> drummer [[Herlin Riley]],<ref>{{cite web|author= Fred Kaplan |url=http://www.stereophile.com/content/jason-moran-herlin-riley-blue-note|title=Jason Moran |publisher= Stereophile |date= 2012-06-25|accessdate=8 November 2014}}</ref> Dave Holland (Overtone Quartet), and [[Bill Frisell]].<ref name=philma08/><ref>{{cite news |newspaper= LA Weekly |url=http://www.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2010/04/14/live-review-bill-frisell-jason-moran-and-kenny-wollesen-at-largo |title= Live review: Bill Frisell, Jason Moran and Kenny Wollesen at Largo |first= Erica |last= Zora Wrightson |date=2010-04-14|accessdate=8 November 2014}}</ref><!-- WHAT'S NEXT? http://www.bandsintown.com/JasonMoran/past_events WinterJazzFest, 2005, <s>2009</s> Chamber Music America commissioned what? Da Camera concert, (Rauschenberg Project), forthcoming. Walker art center 2009 concert of In My Mind. 2003-or-earlier work with ??? borrowed from [[Hermeto Pascual]] Kara Walker what? in bleed and.. Chess Osby duo, Rochesteer 2002 , http://www.rochesterjazz.com/php/festival_photos.php?year=2002&option=view&num=17 Uri Caine (duo),?? what? [http://www.kennedy-center.org/explorer/artists/?entity_id=4757] InMyMind personnel (france): Jason Moran - piano, composition, Jason Yarde et Denys Baptiste - saxophones, Fayez Virji - trombone, Byron Wallen - trompette, Andy Grappy - Tuba, Tarus Mateen - contrebasse, Nasheet Waits - batterie, David Dempewolf - vidéo (norway) Jason Moran piano, Tarus Mateen - bass, Nasheet Waits - trommer, Kåre Nymark - trompet, Kristoffer Kompen - trombone, Daniel Herskedal - tuba, Atle Nymo - tenorsax, Frode Nymo - altsax, David Dempewolf - video artist. (Walker art) Jason Moran (piano), Ralph Alessi (trumpet), Logan Richardson III (alto saxophone), Aaron Stewart (tenor saxophone), Isaac Smith (trombone), Howard Johnson (tuba), Tarus Mateen (bass), and Nasheet Waits (drums) perform (W DC 2007) his regular triomates in the Bandwagon, drummer Nasheet Waits and bassist Tarus Mateen, plus a horn section consisting of trumpeter Ralph Alessi, trombonist Isaac Smith, tuba player Bob Stewart, alto saxophonist Logan Richardson and tenor saxophonist Walter Smith III. (Boston 2012) were joined by New England Conservatory students Kai Sandoval on trumpet, Jon Kenney on trombone, Cale Israel on bass trombone, Andrew Halchak on alto sax, and Carlos Fernandez on tenor sax. ==Style and influences== Moran has cited numerous influences. The Bandwagon's live sets of the early years -----and solo: <ref name=hchron04>. And later?------ were onset by playing [[Sampling (music)|sampled]] sound tapes&nbsp;– conversation in English, foreign languages, or [[remix]]ed musical heritage&nbsp;– from which the band would develop an initial melody.<ref name=wsj05/><ref name=outfront/> Non-musical artists whom Moran has cited as influences include Piper, Jonas, [[Bruce Nauman]], [[Bob Thompson (painter)|Bob Thompson]], [[Jean-Michel Basquiat]], Schiele and [[Robert Rauschenberg]]. Alicia Hall Moran introduced him to contemporary classical music. "and Robert Rauschenberg, whose chaotic refinement inspired Moran’s third album Black Stars, " Plus “A lot of my aesthetic comes from that, what great repetition can do,” Moran explains. “But that music is not defined simply by musical instruments. I’m releasing this notion that sound has to be from an instrument. Those ideas are in Robert Rauschenberg, Reich, [Brazilian jazz composer Hermeto] Pascoal, the Fluxus movement, conceptual art, Sol Lewitt — artists show who they are in showing the environment that surrounds them. I wanted to make sure my music had this imprint in it.” "I like getting commissions, because they have broadened what I write about,” Moran says. “It gives you a reason to write something you might not write about otherwise." Fin --> ==Teaching and organization== Moran has been on the faculty of the [[New England Conservatory of Music]] since 2010, where he coaches two ensembles, teaches lessons, and gives masterclasses. At the [[Kennedy Center]] he has been the musical adviser for jazz since 2011, and artistic director for jazz since 2014, occupying the position of [[Billy Taylor]].<ref>{{Cite news| issn = 0190-8286| last = Pressley| first = Nelson|title= Kennedy Center upgrading Jason Moran to artistic director for jazz with 3-year renewal | work = The Washington Post |accessdate=2014-10-14|date=2014-05-06 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/kennedy-center-extending-jason-morans-contract-for-three-years/2014/05/06/dee530da-d499-11e3-95d3-3bcd77cd4e11_story.html }}</ref> Focused on attracting larger and younger audience, he created at Kenndy the Crossroads Club.{{citation needed|date=November 2014}} Apart from these positions, Moran has organized events such as "713-->212: Houstonians in NYC" in January 2011<ref name=713nyt>{{cite News |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/17/arts/music/17tribeca.html |newspaper= New York Times |date= 2011-01-17 |title= Robert Morgan and Houston's Jazz Legacy, at 92YTriBeCa|accessdate=8 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wbgo.org/blog/jason-moran-presents-713-212-houstonians-nyc |title= Jason Moran Presents "713 --> 212: Houstonians in NYC" |publisher= [[WBGO]] |date= 2011-01-13 |author= Alex Rodriguez|accessdate=8 November 2014}}</ref><ref>A webcast of Moran and Glasper, playing with a double trio ({{cite web |url=http://www.wbgo.org/checkoutjazz/search?s=Houstonians |title= Houstonians in NYC: audio streams |publisher= Joshua Jackson}}), was mentioned in a New York Times' albums of the year list by Ben Ratliff: [[#nytglasper11|ref]].</ref> and ''Very Very Threadgill'', a two-day festival dedicated to [[Henry Threadgill]],<ref name=threadaaj>{{cite web |url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/henry-threadgill-very-very-threadgill-henry-threadgill-by-kurt-gottschalk.php?page=1#.VEfYgrGLrgV |title=Henry Threadgill: Very Very Threadgill 2014 |publisher=Allaboutjazz.com |date= 2014-10-07 |author= Kurt Gottschalk |accessdate=October 22, 2014}}</ref> his "favorite composer",<ref name=threadnyt>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/29/arts/music/henry-threadgill-festival-at-harlem-stage.html |title=Henry Threadgill Festival at Harlem Stage |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date= 2014-09-28 |author= Nate Chinen |accessdate=October 21, 2014}}</ref> in September 2014. Moran and his family manage the granting of "Moran Scholarship Award", first set in 1994 for jazz students at HSPVA. In 2005 they set in Houston The Mary Lou Chester Moran Foundation, for similar purposes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nccsdataweb.urban.org/orgs/profile/202326933 |publisher= [[National Center for Charitable Statistics]] |title= NCCS Organization Profile&nbsp;– Mary Lou Chester Moran Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.texascorporates.com/corp/249510.html |title= The Mary Lou Chester Moran Foundation |publisher= texascorporates.com|accessdate=8 November 2014}}</ref> In 2013 he expressed support for the Justice for Jazz Artists campaign of the [[American Federation of Musicians]].<ref name=afm>{{cite web |url=http://www.afm.org/im/jason-moran |title= Jason Moran, Restless & Revolutionary |work= International Musician |publisher= [[American Federation of Musicians]]|accessdate=8 November 2014}} For the date July 2013 see "Jazz Injustice: A History" by Todd Bryant Weeks: [http://justiceforjazzartists.org/history/]</ref> In 2015 Moran was appointed Honorary Professor at the [[Rhythmic Music Conservatory|Rhythmic Music Conservatory (RMC)]] in Copenhagen, Denmark, where he periodically conducts workshops and master classes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rmc.dk/en/news/rmc-appoints-jason-moran|title=RMC appoints Jason Moran {{!}} RMC|website=rmc.dk|language=en|access-date=2017-09-05}}</ref> ==Recognition== Closing 2010, Francis Davis wrote in ''[[Village Voice]]'': "... Moran's only competition in the Fifth Annual Village Voice Jazz Critics' Poll was Jason Moran. Ten, his first trio album in seven years, won Album of the Year in a landslide, but that's not all. The pianist figured prominently on the runner-up, Rudresh Mahanthappa and Bunky Green's Apex, and Charles Lloyd's Mirror, which finished fourth ... Add Paul Motian's Lost in a Dream ... that gives the 2010 MacArthur Fellow four appearances in the Top 10"<ref name=vv10poll>{{cite web |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2010-12-29/music/jason-moran-tops-himself/ |title=Jason Moran Tops Himself |newspaper=The Village Voice |date=December 29, 2010 |author=Francis Davis |accessdate=November 26, 2014}}</ref> JazzTimes' 2011 Expanded Critics' Poll voted Moran second place "Artist of the Year", and first place "Pianist of the Year"; the Charles Lloyd New Quartet, "Acoustic Group of the Year" and The Bandwagon fifth place in that category.<ref name=jtpoll1>{{cite web |url=http://jazztimes.com/articles/29599-the-2011-expanded-critics-poll |title=Jazz Articles: The 2011 Expanded Critics' Poll |newspaper=Jazztimes |date= |author= |accessdate=November 27, 2014}}</ref> In 2013, the New Quartet was second place in its category and Moran, second in pianists.<ref name=jtpoll13>{{cite web |url=http://jazztimes.com/articles/122890-the-2013-expanded-critics-poll |title=Jazz Community: The 2013 Expanded Critics' Poll |newspaper=Jazztimes |date= |author= |accessdate=November 27, 2014}}</ref> Moran has won a number of awards, including The [[Jazz Journalists Association]]'s "Up-n-Coming Jazz Musician" award in 2003. The ''[[Down Beat]]'' critics poll voted him Rising Star Jazz Artist, Rising Star Pianist, and Rising Star Composer for three years straight (2003–05). In 2005, Moran was also named ''[[Playboy]]'' magazine's first "Jazz Artist of the Year". In 2007, Moran was named a USA Prudential Fellow by [[United States Artists]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usafellows.org/fellow/jason_moran |title= Jason Moran&nbsp;– Fellow Profile|publisher=Usafellows.org|accessdate=8 November 2014}}</ref> In 2010, he was named a [[MacArthur Fellow]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.macfound.org/fellows/36/ |title=Jason Moran&nbsp;– MacArthur Foundation |publisher= MacArthur Foundation |date= 2010-01-25 |accessdate= 2010-09-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Jarenwattananon |first=Patrick |url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/ablogsupreme/2010/09/28/130177795/jason-moran-named-macarthur-fellow |title=Jason Moran Named MacArthur Fellow |work= A Blog Supreme |publisher=NPR |date= 2010-09-28 |accessdate= 2010-09-30}}</ref> In 2013, Moran held residencies in SFJAZZ, [[Juilliard]] and [[Moldejazz|Molde Jazz Festival]].<ref name=molde13>{{Cite web|title= Jason Moran - AIR, as well as saxophone legend Charles Lloyd, set to perform at Moldejazz 2013 | publisher= Molde Jazz |accessdate=2014-11-24|url=http://www.moldejazz.no/2014/index.php?page_id=18431 }}</ref> Another full-length documentary, ''Grammar'' about "jazz through Jason Moran" and genre boundaries, is in the making, after first director Radiclani Clytus had found funding in a 2012 [[kickstarter]] campaign.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://grammarfilm.com |title = Grammar |accessdate=8 November 2014}}</ref> ==Family== Moran married Alicia Hall, a mezzo-soprano and artistic collaborator,<ref name = toconnect/> in 2003.<ref name=nytbleed/> They live in [[Harlem]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/jason-moran-meshell-ndegeocello-find-their-own-way-to-honor-fats-waller/2014/09/15/e2ea7f48-38fb-11e4-9c9f-ebb47272e40e_story.html |title=Jason Moran, Meshell Ndegeocello find their own way to honor Fats Waller | work = The Washington Post |date=2014-09-15 |author=Giovanni Russonello|accessdate=8 November 2014 }}</ref> and have twins. He has an older brother and a younger brother.<ref name=hchron04/><ref name=nker/> Two of his cousins, Tony and Michael Llorens, toured with [[Albert King]] playing piano and drums,<ref name=wpzzed>{{cite news |newspaper= Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/2011/12/13/gIQAkeANLP_story.html |title= He's Jazzed |author= Matt Schudel |date= 2011-12-27|accessdate=8 November 2014}}</ref> and were recorded on ''[[In Session (Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughan album)|In Session]]''.<ref>{{discogs release|4133098|name=Albert King With Stevie Ray Vaughan&nbsp;– In Session|type=album}}</ref> His uncle Joe is a painter.{{citation needed | date=October 2017}} ==Discography== ===As leader=== *''[[Soundtrack to Human Motion]]'' (Blue Note, 1999) *''[[Facing Left]]'' (Blue Note, 2000) *''[[Black Stars (album)|Black Stars]]'' (Blue Note, 2001) *''[[Modernistic]]'' (Blue Note, 2002) *''[[The Bandwagon (album)|The Bandwagon]]'' (Blue Note, 2003) <small>Jazz Times: 3rd best release<ref name=jtpoll03>{{cite web |url=http://jazztimes.com/articles/14381-top-50-cds-of-2003 |title=Jazz Departments: Top 50 CDs of 2003 |newspaper=Jazztimes |accessdate=November 27, 2014}}</ref></small><!-- *Live in New Morning, Paris (2003) [http://musicbrainz.org/release/24226d90-269d-4c8b-80c6-faa5b94910ea] ? (bootleg)--> *''[[Same Mother]]'' (Blue Note, 2005) *''[[Artist in Residence (album)|Artist in Residence]]'' (Blue Note, 2006)<!-- *In My Mind, live in St. Ouen, France. festival "Banlieues Bleues", 2009-03-06 (bootleg)--> *''[[Ten (Jason Moran album)|Ten]]'' (Blue Note, 2010) <small>JazzTimes: Critics Poll best release</small> *''[[All Rise: A Joyful Elegy for Fats Waller]]'' (Blue Note, 2014) *''[[The Armory Concert]]'' (Yes, 2016) *''[[Thanksgiving at The Vanguard]]'' (Yes, 2017) *''[[Bangs (album)|Bangs]]'' (Yes, 2017) *''MASS {Howl, eon}'' (2017) *''Looks of a Lot'' (2018) *''Music for Joan Jonas'' (2018) ===Film soundtrack=== *''Two Three Time'' (2002) :<small>best original score, [[First Run Film Festival]]</small> *''[[Seith Mann#Five Deep Breaths|Five Deep Breaths]]'' (2003) *''All We Know of Heaven'' (2004) :<small>best original score, First Run Film Festival</small> *''Stutter'' (2007) *''RFK in the Land of Apartheid'' (2009) *''[[Selma (film)#Music|Selma]]'' (2014) ===As sideman===<!--Based on discogs.com ; skipped some where he plays in less than half the tracks, usually one or two.--> {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} '''With [[Ralph Alessi]]''' *''Cognitive Dissonance'' (C.A.M. Jazz, 2010) *''[[Baida (Ralph Alessi album)|Baida]]'' (ECM, 2013) '''With [[Don Byron]]''' *''Ivey-Divey'' (Blue Note, 2004) :<small>JazzTimes: best release<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jazztimes.com/articles/15239-the-year-04-in-review-top-50-cds |title=The Year '04 in Review: Top 50 CDs |publisher=JazzTimes}}</ref></small> '''With [[Scott Colley]]''' *''Architect Of The Silent Moment'' (C.A.M. Jazz, 2007) '''With [[Steve Coleman]] and Five Elements''' *''The Sonic Language Of Myth&nbsp;– Believing, Learning, Knowing '' (RCA Victor, 1999)<!-- '''With Kate Fenner'''? *''Magnet'' (2007)--> '''With [[Bunky Green]]''' *''Another Place'' (Label Bleu, 2006) *''Apex'' (Pi Recordings, 2010) leaders Rudresh Mahanthappa & Bunky Green :<small>JazzTimes: Critics Poll 3rd best release</small> '''With [[Stefon Harris]]''' *''[[A Cloud of Red Dust]]'' (Blue Note, 1998) *''Black Action Figure'' (Blue Note, 1999) '''With [[Charles Lloyd (jazz musician)|Charles Lloyd]]''' *''[[Rabo de Nube]]'' (ECM, 2007) :<small>JazzTimes: best release<ref>The editors noted: "Drummer Eric Harland, bassist Reuben Rogers and, perhaps most important, the pianist Jason Moran may technically qualify as sidemen here, but they function as anything but." {{cite web |url=http://jazztimes.com/articles/21154-2008-year-in-review-top-50-cds |title=2008 Year in Review: Top 50 CDs |newspaper=Jazztimes |date=2009 |accessdate=November 26, 2014}}</ref></small> *''[[Mirror (Charles Lloyd album)|Mirror]]'' (ECM, 2010)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jazztimes.com/articles/26986-critics-picks-top-50-cds |title=Critics' Picks: Top 50 CDs |newspaper=Jazztimes |date=2011 |accessdate=November 26, 2014}}</ref></small> *''[[Athens Concert]]'' (ECM, 2011) :<small>JazzTimes: 6th best release<ref name=jtpoll11>{{cite web |url=http://jazztimes.com/articles/29257-the-top-50-releases-of-2011 |title=Jazz Departments: The Top 50 Releases of 2011 |newspaper=Jazztimes |accessdate=November 28, 2014}}</ref></small> *''[[Hagar's Song]]'' (ECM, 2013) <small>Dou, as co-leaders</small> *''[[Passin' Thru (Charles Lloyd album)|Passin' Thru]]'' (Blue Note, 2016) '''With [[Christian McBride]]''' *''[[Live at Tonic (Christian McBride album)|Live at Tonic]]'' (Ropeadope Records, 2005) '''With Francisco Mela''' *''Cirio: Live at the Blue Note'' (2008) '''With [[Paul Motian]]''' *''[[Lost in a Dream (Paul Motian album)|Lost in a Dream]]'' (ECM, 2010) with [[Chris Potter (jazz saxophonist)|Chris Potter]] '''With [[David Murray (saxophonist)|David Murray]]''' *''Blues for Memo'' (Motema, 2017) <!-- '''With [[One Soul Fellowship]]'''? *''Interactive'' (2008) *''Another Season'' (2009)--> {{col-2}} '''With [[Greg Osby]]''' *''Further Ado'' (Blue Note, 1997) *''[[Friendly Fire (Joe Lovano & Greg Osby album)|Friendly Fire]]'' (Blue Note, 1998) <small>with [[Joe Lovano]] as co-leader</small> *''[[Banned in New York]]'' (Blue Note, 1998) *''Zero'' (Blue Note, 1998) *''New Directions'' (Blue Note 2000) <small>The first recording where Moran, Mateen and Waits play together.</small> *''Symbols of Light (A Solution)'' (Blue Note, 2001) *''Inner Circle'' (Blue Note, 2002) '''With [[Eric Revis]]' 11:11''' *''Parallax'' (Clean Feed, 2013) '''With [[Jenny Scheinman]]''' *''Crossing the Field'' (Koch, 2008) '''With [[Christophe Schweizer]], Full Circle Rainbow''' *''Dual Orbit'' (TCB The Montreux Jazz Label, 2003) '''With [[Walter Smith III]]''' *''III'' (Criss Cross, 2010) '''With [[Brett Sroka]]''' *''Hearsay'' (Fresh Sound New Talent, 2002) '''With [[Otis Taylor (musician)|Otis Taylor]]''' *''Pentatonic Wars and Love Songs'' (Telarc, 2009) '''With [[Henry Threadgill]]''' *''[[Old Locks and Irregular Verbs]]'' (Pi Recordings, 2016) '''With [[Nasheet Waits]]''' *''Equality'' (Fresh Sound New Talent, 2008) '''With [[Trio 3]]''' *''[[Refraction – Breakin' Glass]]'' (Intakt, 2013)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/jul/25/trio-3-jason-moran-review |title=Trio 3 + Jason Moran: Refraction – Breakin' Glass – review |author=John Fordham |date=2013-07-25 |publisher= The Guardian|accessdate=8 November 2014}}</ref> '''With [[Cassandra Wilson]]''' *''[[Loverly]]'' (Blue Note, 2008) :<small>JazzTimes: 8th best release<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jazztimes.com/articles/21154-2008-year-in-review-top-50-cds |title=2008 Year in Review: Top 50 CDs |newspaper=Jazztimes |date=2009 |accessdate=November 26, 2014}}</ref></small> {{col-end}} ==References== {{Reflist|colwidth=30em}} ==External links== *[http://www.jasonmoran.com Official Jason Moran website] *[http://www.bluenote.com/artists/jason-moran Artist page] at Blue Note Records *[http://www.kennedy-center.org/explorer/artists/?entity_id=4757 page] at Kennedy Center *[http://necmusic.edu/faculty/jason-moran?lid=2&sid=3 Faculty page] at New England Conservatory *[http://www.macfound.org/fellows/36/ MacArthur Fellow page] *[http://www.luhringaugustine.com/artists/jason-moran/ Artist page] at [[Luhring Augustine Gallery]] *{{discogs artist|Jason Moran}} *[http://www.jazzdisco.org/jason-moran/ Jason Moran] at Jazz Discography Project *{{IMDb name|nm1390780}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Moran, Jason (musician)}} [[Category:1975 births]] [[Category:American jazz pianists]] [[Category:Avant-garde jazz musicians]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Manhattan School of Music alumni]] [[Category:Musicians from Houston]] [[Category:American male composers]] [[Category:American composers]] [[Category:MacArthur Fellows]] [[Category:American jazz educators]] [[Category:High School for the Performing and Visual Arts alumni]]'