Jason Moran October 10, 2007

On the 90th anniversary of Thelonious Monk’s birth pianist Jason Moran will explore Monk’s music and discuss his legend with critic Gary Giddins. Jason Moran is a leading jazz pianist and composer of the past decade. He will soon debut a major commission: IN MY MIND: Monk at Town Hall 1959. His many recordings include Soundtrack to Human Motion, Modernistic, and Same Mother. Gary Giddins is the author of nine books, including Natural Selection: Gary Giddins on Comedy, Film, Music and Books, Weather Bird; Satchmo; Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams; and Visions of Jazz: The First Century, for which he won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism.

The event is free and open to the public.

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