“Moran incarnates the state of a music that often seems weighed down by its own history. He has assimilated piano techniques of eight decades, from stride to free, devising a personal music that refuses to acknowledge stylistic prejudices." - Gary Giddins, Village Voice In his recent essay “Post-War Jazz: An Arbitrary Road Map," Village Voice jazz scribe Gary Giddins provided a historical glimpse of the music's bounty by selecting one track from each year, beginning in 1945. Included in the 57 tracks that represented to him a road map of jazz in the last six decades was a composition by Jason Moran. The tune, “The Sun at Midnight," came from the pianist's 2001 Blue Note recording Black Stars, which featured his trio (bassist Tarus Mateen and drummer Nasheet Waits) and special guest collaborator Sam Rivers. Giddins concluded his reflection on Moran by writing: “You might think that an individual keyboard attack is no longer possible, but you would be wrong."
One of jazz's brightest young stars, the 27-year-old Moran has already built a reputation as a jazz original
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