Jason Moran's New Album Pays Tribute to Black Jazz Pioneer James Reese Europe | KQED
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Jason Moran performs at the 2022 Newport Jazz Festival.(Courtesy of Newport Jazz Festival)



The inspiration for Jason Moran's new album, From the Dancehall to the Battlefield, came from a distinguished source, who passed it down like a family heirloom.Randy Weston, a fellow pianist-composer in the jazz tradition, was still performing in his mid-80s a decade or so ago, when he welcomed Moran to his home in Brooklyn with an admonishment: You need to know about James Reese Europe.
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