My Heart Sings” and about his dream to create a venue in Houston where jazz musicians can find an open mic to jam.

Moran grew up listening to all manner of music, from jazz to reggae to hip-hop. As a teenager he learned to play the Afrika ...

“I’m thinking that I have to figure out a way to represent for Detroit’s techno music,” the pianist, bandleader, composer and ...

“Shock” is the word Jason Moran uses for being named Artist-in-Residence for the 2025 Detroit Jazz Festival.

On the occasion of Duke Ellington’s 125th birthday, the great composer passes the torch to his modern counterpart, Jason Moran.

The Detroit Jazz Festival Foundation announced that pianist, composer, and artist Jason Moran is the artist-in-residence for ...

Jason Moran has spent the past year immersing himself in the music of Duke Ellington: listening, practicing, teaching — and, most importantly, performing it. His efforts got their public launch ...

But most Americans are unfamiliar with Europe’s story. Until recently, that included jazz pianist, composer, and artist Jason Moran. But lately it has become an obsession of his — one that ...

"Maybe myself and another artist can churn away for an hour," he teases. By Gary Graff Jason Moran plans to blend genres in one of his performances as the Detroit Jazz Festival’s artist-in ...