Jason Moran
Performances

Curated by celebrated jazz pianist, composer, and visual artist Jason Moran and Whitney performance curator Adrienne Edwards, this series features live in-gallery performances, activations, and evening concerts.


Jazz on a High Floor in the Afternoon

For Jazz on a High Floor in the Afternoon, Jason Moran and other artists will perform inside the exhibition gallery on mixed-media STAGED sculptures that pay homage to iconic New York jazz venues.


Schedule

Archie Shepp
September 27, 7 pm
September 28, 4 pm

Fay Victor
October 18, 5 & 7 pm
October 19, 2 & 4 pm

Oliver Lake
October 25, 7pm
October 26, 4 pm

Onyx Collective
November 1, 5 & 7 pm
November 2, 2 & 4 pm

Jamire Williams
November 8, 5 & 7 pm
November 9, 2 & 4 pm

Cecil McBee
November 15, 7 pm
November 16, 4 pm

Joanne Brackeen
November 22, 5 & 7 pm
November 23, 2 & 4 pm

Michela Marino Lerman Love's Movement
December 6, 5 & 7 pm
December 7, 2 & 4 pm

Tiger Trio
January 3, 5 & 7 pm
January 4, 2 & 4 pm

Installation view of the exhibition Jason Moran and opening-night performance by Alicia Hall Moran, Charles Lloyd, and Jason Moran at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, April 26, 2018. © Walker Art Center. Photo by Nate Ryan for Walker Art Center, Minneapolis


Jason Moran joins artist Kara Walker for the New York debut of Katastwóf Karavan (2018), a steam-powered calliope housed in a parade wagon and featuring spiritual and protest music programmed by the artists as well as the steam whistle typical of a calliope.

October 12, 2019
1–6:30 pm

This event is free.

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Moran’s acclaimed trio The Bandwagon, with bandmates bassist Tarus Mateen and drummer Nasheet Waits, present three concerts in celebration of their twentieth anniversary.

December 19–21, 2019
8 pm

Tickets are required.

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On the Hour

A 30-second online art project:
Maya Man, A Realistic Day In My Life Living In New York City

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Learn more at whitney.org/artport

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