Jason Moran and the Bandwagon (featuring Tarus Mateen and Nasheet Waits)

Artist Bio

Pianist, educator, and visual artist Jason Moran (b. 1975 in Houston, TX) earned a degree from the Manhattan School of Music, where he studied with Jaki Byard. Moran has recorded 20 critically acclaimed solo recordings for Blue Note Records and his label Yes Records. He was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2010 and was recently inducted into the Academy of Arts and Sciences. Moran is also the inaugural recipient of the Gordon Parks Fellowship in Music.  He has composed scores for Alonzo King's Lines Ballet, Ronald K. Brown's Evidence Dance Company, Kyle Abraham's AIM and the Martha Graham Dance Company. He has collaborated with artists Joan Jonas, Kara Walker, Adrian Piper, Lorna Simpson, Julie Mehretu and Glenn Ligon.  He has had solo art exhibitions at the Whitney Museum, MCA Denver, and the Walker Art Museum, and Mass Moca. He scored the films SELMA and 13th by Ava DuVernay and is currently working on her latest film about the 14th Amendment. He and his wife Alicia Hall Moran were named…