Jason Moran is ready for role as Detroit Jazz Festival’s artist-in-residence

Jason Moran is ready for role as Detroit Jazz Festival’s artist-in-residence

Jason Moran has played at his share of Detroit Jazz Festivals and has “always been very aware” of who the artists-in-residence were in those years. He was never expecting to be one of them, however. “It always seemed like an exciting prospect, to share a number of sets with the Detroit listening public,” says Moran, 50, who will serve as the artist-in-residence for the 46th annual festival, which runs Aug. 29 to Sept. 1 in Hart Plaza and Campus …