Jason Moran

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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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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
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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

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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
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Jason Moran name Jason Moran self-link