This Mondrian painting is actually a jazz score, Jason Moran, Mo MA BBC, THE WAY I SEE IT

This episode of The Way I See It features artist, musician, and jazz innovator Jason Moran. Morans music explores and expands the properties of jazzhe shapes his medium into a form that seems to breathe the air of our moment. His performances are theatrical and often incorporate his own visual art and stage designs. He has collaborated with artists such as Carrie Mae Weems, Julie Mehretu, Joan Jonas, and Kara Walker in works that merge sound, performance, and visual art. In this series we ask extraordinary creative thinkers to choose a work that they loveMorans pick is Piet Mondrians Broadway Boogie After admiring the painting in the galleries, Moran leads us to a piano tucked away in a backstage corner of our theater. Positioning an image of Broadway Boogie Woogie on the piano, he sits down and, to our delight, plays the artwork as if it were a score. Is this a new Jason Moran piece asks MoMA curator, Leah Dickerman, as Moran lifts his hands from th