By
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The Kennedy Center has chosen
36-year-old pianist Jason Moran as its artistic adviser for jazz, a post long
held by acclaimed musician Billy Taylor until he died last year at 89.
Kennedy Center music directors say the
generational handoff wasn’t planned in advance but makes sense as jazz evolves.
Moran’s appointment was announced Tuesday.
As artistic
adviser, Moran will help select artists and develop one of the nation’s largest
jazz programs. It includes more than 30 performances annually and concerts
broadcast on NPR.
New York-based
Moran says it’s time for his generation to pass along traditions from the jazz
greats. He began learning from Taylor at age 16.
Taylor, who
played with Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis, became an ardent jazz advocate
through radio, TV and his Jazzmobile venue.
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