Darrell Grant | jazz composer, pianist, speaker

Jazz composer, pianist, and educator Darrell Grant is a creative artist who harnesses the power of music to create change. Whether through performing, composing, speaking, educating, or organizing musical initiatives around community, sustainability, or social justice, he seeks to leverage a deeper level of engagement and connection for positive change.

His current projects include the sophisticated Modern Jazz Quartet-inspired MJ New Quartet, an odyssey of Oregon’s terroir in The Territory’s 9-piece suite, a celebration of the civil rights hero in Step by Step: The Ruby Bridges Suite, and a reimagining of popular song through All 4 Naught. Grant speaks on the ecology of Jazz and using art as a change agent.

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MJ New Quartet PDF
The Territory PDF
Step by Step: The Ruby Bridges Suite PDF
All 4 Naught PDF
Darrell Grant Speaks: Artist as Citizen PDF

Image by Thomas Teal.

Image by Thomas Teal.

Combining sophisticated jazz improvisations with the compostions of chamber music. The MJ New Quartet is Darrell Grant, piano; Marcus Shelby, bass; Mike Horsfall, vibraphone; and Carlton Jackson, drums.

Darrell Grant's "Rivers" from The Territory - Live At OPB

Step by Step. Image by Nancy Pierce/UUA.

Step by Step. Image by Nancy Pierce/UUA.

All 4 Naught: Darrell Grant, Eric Gruber, and Tyson Stubelek with guest vocalist Danielle Barker.

All 4 Naught: Darrell Grant, Eric Gruber, and Tyson Stubelek with guest vocalist Danielle Barker.

21 Cartas with Edna Vazquez. Image by Miri Stebivka.

21 Cartas with Edna Vazquez. Image by Miri Stebivka.