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Nice and easy: being a jazz pianist means I'm no big celebrity--and that's how I like it. My days are my own, and I never get pounced on by paparazzi.(The Music Issue (Lives + Times))

Publication: Texas Monthly
Publication Date: 01-APR-04 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Nice and easy: being a jazz pianist means I'm no big celebrity--and that's how I like it. My days are my own, and I never get pounced on by paparazzi.(The Music Issue (Lives + Times))(Jason Moran.)(Interview)(Biography)

Article Excerpt
I have a very comfortable lifestyle as a jazz musician. I spend Monday through Sunday doing pretty much what I want. Most people have to wait to go to the movies on Saturday at noon. But every day is a Saturday for me; I can go to the movies anytime. I can shop for designer furniture all day long or go to a museum. Not having a media machine behind me helps. If Matt Damon makes a movie, he has to do fifteen interviews, then fly to L.A. to do Jay Leno, then fly to New York to do David Letterman. He can't walk down the street without being pounced on by the paparazzi. He has no privacy. I'm anonymous. I can do what ever I want in anonymity. [paragraph] Growing up, I really cared about Thelonious Monk, Horace Silver, McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock, Andrew Hill, Muhal Richard Abrams, and Jaki...

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