Jason Curry

Jason Curry, a native of Indianapolis, Indiana, was a budding musician when he steeped himself in the history of the Indiana Avenue cultural scene, discovering jazz greats like Freddie Hubbard, Wes Montgomery, and James Spaulding. Taking that inspiration into a focused musical practice, he generated a talent that has beguiled audiences around the world; Jason has played everywhere, from tiny clubs in Austria to the world’s grandest and most prestigious stages as The Blue Note, Carnegie Hall, and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. He is a coveted guest soloist as well as a bandleader, composer, and arranger. He has written and performed in radio, television and film, and Broadway musicals, and has loved touring with bands like The Count Basie Orchestra, The Duke Ellington Orchestra, The Cab Calloway Jazz Orchestra and many others. He has played with and alongside Grammy-nominated and award- winning artists, has played for a former United States President. Jazz was born in the American south with heavy influences from African musical styles and to Jason, being an African-American jazz performer and writer also means being a truthful and earnest storyteller, straddling the history and significance of the genre while looking into the future in this tradition that just saw its 100th anniversary of recorded music. Jason expresses his personal truths through writing, composition, and especially performance. This musical philosophy is evidenced in his current release, where he apprenticed himself to 1960’s hard-bop pioneers Sonny Rollins and Jackie McLean, studying these masters and ultimately making a new entry into the genre- both preserving and evolving this historical musical movement in a re- introduction to the contemporary scene.