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Jason Moran: James Reese Europe and The Absence of Ruin Friday, January 22, 2021
Renowned US pianist Jason Moran leads his trio and a specially convened British ensemble in a unique multi-media celebration of the life and music of one of jazz’s unsung heroes, James Reese Europe. Stuart Nicholson digs deep into the seismic impact Reese’s reshaping of ragtime had on the birth of modern jazz
Jason Moran is presenting a new project called
James Reese Europe and the Absence of Ruin that explores the legacy of bandleader James Reese Europe, an almost mythic figure from the dawn of jazz. Together with his regular trio The Bandwagon, of bassist Tarus Mateen and drummer Nasheet Waits, described by