JASON MORAN AND THE BANDWAGON

No one in jazz approaches the keyboard with more openness to possibility, including accident, than Jason Moran. He uses it all, and his dynamic swings are as huge as an acoustic piano can accommodate, from just audible whispers to violent smashes (sometimes augmented by foot stomps).’ (JazzTimes). Bassist and drummer are in telepathic contact with each other and with the pianist that connects Count Basie and James P. Johnson with Cecil Taylor, just like his teacher Jaki Byard. Moran released his seventh album last year on Blue Note, Artist in Residence. ‘Moran’s music is sublime fun… This is brainy music aimed at the heart.’ (Newsweek). ‘Jason Moran shatters all the cliches about stuffy elitist jazz musicians.’ (The Wall Street Journal).