Artistic director for jazz at The Kennedy Center, Jason Moran returns to The Soraya following his raucous Fats Waller concert. In honor of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday and Black History Month, the composer and jazz pianist will perform his Oscar-nominated score, accompanying Ava DuVernay's 2014 film, Selma, on the large screen. Moran will be joined by New West Symphony. Selma dramatizes the events leading up to King's landmark 1965 march for voting rights. About Moran's astonishing first feature film score, Film Music Magazine noted, "It's an unstoppable sense of history-making that could perhaps only be captured by a musician so steeped in jazz and its cultural heritage."
Selma earned Golden Globe nominations for Best Film, Director, Actor, and Song for "Glory" (by John Legend and Common, who also appeared in the film). "Glory" also earned the Oscar for Best Original Song.