Jason Moran (US)

The concert venue is accessible: there is a disabled toilet, but no separate wheelchair platform. Companions enter free of charge.

Pianist Jason Moran has been among the most creative jazz musicians since the late 1990s. A historically informed innovator, he has taken his music in surprising directions and challenged jazz's status quo across nearly every aspect. An alumnus of Manhattan School of Music, he has collaborated with Blue Note Records for nearly 20 years and nine albums. His trio The Bandwagon (with bassist Tarus Mateen and drummer Nasheet Waits) is already twenty years old. Other collaborators have included Cassandra Wilson, Charles Lloyd, and the late Sam Rivers.

Following his debut album, Moran has produced fourteen additional albums and composed music for Ava DuVernay's films Selma and 13th, as well as the stage adaptation of Ta-Nehisi Coates' Between the World and Me. He is also the artistic director of the Kennedy Center's jazz department. In 2022, he was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Moran returns to G Livelab for the first time since 2019 - this time as a soloist.