Jason Moran (musician)
Jason Moran is an American jazz pianist, composer and educator, heavily involved in multimedia art and theatrical installations.
Moran was born in Houston, Texas, and grew up in the Pleasantville neighborhood of Houston. His high middleclass parents, Andy, an investment banker, and Mary, a teacher, encouraged his musical and artistic sensibilities at the Houston Symphony, museums and galleries, and through a relationship with John T. Biggers and a collection of their own. Moran began training at classical piano playing, in Yelena Kurinets Suzuki method music school, when he was six. However, his fathers extensive record collection , varied from Motown to classical to avantgarde jazz.
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