Jason Moran

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American jazz musician bandleader composer human jazz pianist

Jason Moran is an acclaimed American jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader known for his innovative approach to contemporary jazz and frequent collaborations across music and film.

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Jason Moran & The Bandwagon 0 1

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instanceOf American jazz musician →
bandleader →
composer →
human →
jazz pianist →
activeYearsStart 1990s →
awardReceived MacArthur Fellowship →
Pew Fellowship in the Arts →
countryOfCitizenship United States of America →
dateOfBirth 1975-01-21 →
educatedAt Manhattan School of Music →
familyName Moran →
genre contemporary jazz →
jazz →
givenName Jason →
hasCollaboratedWith Alicia Hall Moran →
Ava DuVernay →
Bill Frisell →
Charles Lloyd →
Glenn Ligon →
Greg Osby →
Ibrahim Maalouf →
Joan Jonas →
Kara Walker →
Kendrick Lamar →
Sam Rivers →
instrument piano →
knownFor film score composition →
innovative approach to contemporary jazz →
integration of visual art and performance →
memberOf Jason Moran self-linksurface differs →
surface form: Jason Moran & The Bandwagon
name Jason Moran self-link →
notableWork All Rise: A Joyful Elegy for Fats Waller →
Artist in Residence →
Black Stars →
Facing Left →
Modernistic →
Same Mother →
Soundtrack to Human Motion →
Ten →
occupation bandleader →
composer →
pianist →
placeOfBirth Houston →
surface form: Houston, Texas, United States
positionHeld Artistic Director for Jazz at the Kennedy Center →
recordLabel Blue Note Records →
residence New York City →
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
studiedUnder Andrew Hill →
Jaki Byard →

Referenced by (4)

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Selma (2014 film) → composer → Jason Moran →
Jason Moran → memberOf → Jason Moran self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: Jason Moran & The Bandwagon
documentary film 13th → musicBy → Jason Moran →
subject surface form: 13th
Jason Moran → name → Jason Moran self-link →