Jason Moran

Jazz pianist and composer Jason Moran is an innovative artist whose work balances an impeccable technique with a love for the jazz tradition and influences drawn from classical, blues, funk, hip-hop, rock, and the art world. Following early work with Greg Osby, he garnered critical acclaim for his 1999 debut, Soundtrack to Human Motion. On 2000's Facing Left, he introduced the Bandwagon, his long-standing trio with bassist Tarus Mateen and drummer Nasheet Waits, performing a dazzling array of tunes from a wide range of sources. 2002's solo Modernistic explored 20th century rhy...