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Jason Moran in concert

American piano star Jason Moran in concert, plus UK pianist Greg Foat on the music that inspires him.

Jumok茅 Fashola presents live music from American piano star Jason Moran, a wide-ranging solo set comprising trad jazz classics and bold original compositions. Moran is artistic director for jazz at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. and is known for his creative reinventions of the music of Fats Waller, Thelonious Monk and James Reese Europe鈥檚 Harlem Hellfighters, among others.

Also in the programme, British pianist Greg Foat shares some of the music that inspires him, reflecting on the genius of Ahmad Jamal and UK great Gordon Beck whose music Foat still learns from 25 years after he first discovered it.

Produced by Dominic Tyerman for Somethin鈥 Else.

1 hour, 29 minutes

Last on

Sat 10 Oct 2020 17:00

Music Played

  • Simon Moullier

    Wind Chaser

  • Jason Moran

    Wind

  • Jason Moran

    Reanimation

  • Josephine Davies

    Dukha-pervasive dissatisfaction

  • Maria Schneider Orchestra

    Braided together

  • Leslie 鈥淗utch鈥 Hutchinson

    Dr Heckle and Mr Jibe

  • Jason Moran

    Carolina Shout

  • Emma鈥怞ean Thackray

    Um

  • Ella Fitzgerald

    Jersey Bounce

  • Greg Foat

    Island Life

  • Greg Foat's Inspirations

    • Gordon Beck

      And still she is with me

    • G谩bor Szab贸

      The Lady in the Moon

    • John Klemmer

      All the Children Cried

    • The Ahmad Jamal Trio

      I Love Music

  • Jason Moran

    Alicia

Broadcast

  • Sat 10 Oct 2020 17:00