Date/Time
Date(s) - 05/04/2013 - 05/05/2013
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Location
Miner Auditorium, SFJAZZ Center
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May; Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 at 7:30pm
Jason Moran – piano
Tarus Mateen – bass
Nasheet Waits – drums
TBA – skateboarders
An ambitiously creative musician who frequently collaborates with artists in film and dance, pianist Jason Moran is jazz’s wild card, a probing conceptualist who transforms everything he touches into a bracingly contemporary statement. His music combines jagged, kinetic expressionism and unabashed romanticism, bristling with ideas lifted from some of the less explored corners of the jazz piano pantheon. Winner of numerous awards and honors, including a coveted MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship in 2010, the 37-year-old pianist has released a series of projects as satisfying conceptually as they are sonically, showcasing his capacious intelligence, rollicking touch, and road-less-traveled sensibility. Since he emerged in the late-90s in the quartet of alto saxophonist and ace talent scout Greg Osby, Moran has developed at an exponential rate in the company of his supremely flexible quartet the Bandwagon, honing an approach that soaks up influences and reconfigures them to suit his own exacting needs. As a Resident Artistic Director, the multi-faceted Moran is performing in a wide-ranging array of settings.
He closes his programming with a two-day installation engaging the Bay Area skateboarding tradition, an unprecedented meeting of jazz improvisation and aerial artistry that will only happen at SFJAZZ. Moran’s Bandwagon combo performs along side a who’s-who of Bay Area skating luminaries who will take flight on a specially constructed skating half-pipe installed in front of the SFJAZZ Center stage. Don’t miss this thrilling blend of visual and aural magic!
Tickets
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$20.00 to $40.00 Saturday, May 4
$20.00 to $40.00 Sunday, May 5