Music of Jason Moran

"The most provocative thinker in current jazz" joins the NEC faculty this year.

Pianist Jason Moran works with students this week during an intensive teaching residency that culminates in tonight's concert of his music, performed by NEC student jazz ensembles joined by Moran.

Moran, named "Up-n-Coming Jazz Musician" of 2003 by the Jazz Journalists Association and called "the most provocative thinker in current jazz" by Rolling Stone magazine, first came to prominence as a member of saxophonist Greg Osby's touring and recording band in 1997. In 1999 Osby's label, Blue Note, signed Moran to a recording contract in his own right. He has since released seven CDs as a solo pianist or bandleader, to great acclaim.