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Jason Moran & the Bandwagon at Jazz Bakery's Movable Feast Series at Musicians Institute
Courtesy of Redbeard Simmons | Posted on March 26, 2013
Where
Musicians Institute
Jazz Bakery's Movable Feast Series
1655 Mccadden Place
Los Angeles, CA
Map
When
Tue, May 7, 2013
9:00pm
Save the date
Musicians
About
ONE SHOW ONLY - NO INTERMISSION!
PARKING: Limited street parking / Paid parking across the street (be warned - their rates vary wildly!!) / Recommended public lots near Selma and Las Palmas, one and a half blocks east of McCadden - $5 to $8
Jason Moran - piano
Tarus Mateen - bass
Nasheet Waits - drums
Pianist Jason Moran is red hot! His most recent exploits are chronicled in the March 11 issue of the New Yorker Magazine in a brilliant article titled: Jazz Hands: How Jason Moran Bends the Rules. (Well worth the read.)
Moran is a specialist in the field of jazz abstraction. As leader of the trio Bandwagon, he has a rich knowledge of the music’s history and context — part of the reason, no doubt, that he serves as the Kennedy Center’s Artistic Adviser for Jazz. But Jason rarely reads it straight: He prefers to dissect, fragment, distill and subvert it....