When

Saturday 23rd October at 20:30

Where

Everyman Palace Theatre

Price: €40
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About

One of the most inventive and impressive pianists in modern jazz, Jason Moran grows in influence and stature each year. Born in 1975, Moran grew up in Houston. Texas. He started on the piano at 6 and was originally classically trained. At 13 he heard a recording of Thelonious Monk that inspired him to switch permanently to jazz.

Moran attended Houston’s High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. After graduating, he enrolled at the Manhattan School of Music where he studied with Jaki Byard. He also studied privately with Muhal Richard Abrams and Andrew Hill. In 1997 while still in college, Moran toured Europe with Greg Osby’s group, becoming a member of the band for a couple of years and making his first recording on Osby’s 1997 album Further Ado for Blue Note.

Moran signed with Blue Note as a leader in 1999. By the following year, he was leading a stunning trio with bassist Tarus Mateen and drummer Nasheet Waits, named the Bandwagon (his band for Cork). After recording a trio CD, the group became a quartet on its next CD with the inclusion of the great saxophonist Sam Rivers.

Jason’s 2002 solo album Modernistic was highlighted by his deconstruction of James P. Johnson’s “You’ve Gotta Be Modernistic,” displaying his familiarity with earlier jazz styles even as he took them apart. Moran has continued recording as a leader but also has worked with Cassandra Wilson, Joe Lovano, Don Byron, Steve Coleman, Lee Konitz, Von Freeman, Christian McBride, Ravi Coltrane and, most recently, Charles Lloyd.

Although he has the facility to play with breathtaking fleetness, his uniqueness traces to his refusal to be locked into predictable, bebop-based patterns -The Los Angeles Times. Moran is like no other pianist at work. His improvisations are dynamic, eruptive, keyed to the compositions at hand-Village Voice. Now 35, Jason is at the height of his artistic powers and brings his sensational Bandwagon band to Cork for what will be a performance to remember!

Line up for Cork:
Jason Moran (piano), Tarus Mateen (bass) and Nasheet Waits (drums)