If you enjoyed Ava DuVernay's "Selma," the film released this January about the 1965 march for voting rights, led by Martin Luther King Jr., that began in Selma, Alabama, you experienced the work of musician
Jason Moran. Moran was the composer of the film's score, for which he won a Black Reel Award this year.
In addition to contributing to one of the most important films of the year, Moran is a jazz pianist who performs with a group called The Bandwagon and he is the
Artistic Director of Jazz at the Kennedy Center. Rocketing up through the music industry ranks since his 1999 debut album, Moran is known for his improvisational techniques and penchant for experimentation.
Moran and The Bandwagon - including bassist Tarus Mateen and drummer Nasheet Waits - will settle into the Kimmel Center's Perelman Theater on March 29 for a special performance.
The proscenium theater will be filled with the sounds from the band's album
"Ten." The 2010 release marked a decade of performing as a trio. It includes, “Blue Blocks” commissioned by the Philadelphia Museum of Art for a special exhibit program, "RFK in the Land of Apartheid," from the score of a documentary by the same name and "Feedback Pt. 2," inspired by Jimi Hendrix’s famous Monterey Pop performance in 1967.
Sunday, March 29
