Jason Moran in concert
American piano star Jason Moran in concert, plus UK pianist Greg Foat on the music that inspires him.
JumokΓ© 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 Europeβs 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 Somethinβ Else.
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Simon Moullier
Wind Chaser
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Jason Moran
Wind
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Jason Moran
Reanimation
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Josephine Davies
Dukha-pervasive dissatisfaction
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Maria Schneider Orchestra
Braided together
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Leslie βHutchβ Hutchinson
Dr Heckle and Mr Jibe
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Jason Moran
Carolina Shout
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EmmaβJean Thackray
Um
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Ella Fitzgerald
Jersey Bounce
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Greg Foat
Island Life
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Greg Foat's Inspirations
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Gordon Beck
And still she is with me
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GΓ‘bor SzabΓ³
The Lady in the Moon
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John Klemmer
All the Children Cried
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The Ahmad Jamal Trio
I Love Music
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Jason Moran
Alicia
Broadcast
- Sat 10 Oct 2020 17:00ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3