The Kennedy Center announced Tuesday that it is extending its contract with pianist and composer Jason Moran, 39, the center's artistic adviser for jazz since 2011. Moran is being renewed for another three years with a bump in title to artistic director for jazz, the designation formerly held by the center's longtime jazz figurehead, Billy Taylor, until his death in 2010. Read full article >>
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:11AM on May 6, 2014