Darrell Grant
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Darrell Grant is a jazz pianist, composer & educator. My new album Our Mr. Jackson comes out Oct 6th!
05/18/2026
Tribute-(aries)
Making my way from point A to point B(e) — Now out on Substack!
📷: From my recent DG3 performance at KMHD Jazz Radio's member appreciation party/Steve Wonder lovefest by the great Reed Ricker 🙏🏿
Hey y’all, I’m excited about revisiting the Harlem Renaissance this Saturday with The Weary Blues performance, a tribute to Langston Hughes. I’m here about one week out trying to channel my inner Eubie Blake, playing a song from the very first black musical on Broadway, Shuffle Along, called “I’m Just Wild About Harry” — but very slowly.
Hope to see ya
Saturday, February 7, 2026
7:30 pm
Alberta Abbey
.jazz.musician jazz piano
In this time of falling, fading, and preparing, I'm feeling grateful for the things that come in to sustain us during the dark winter months — the company of friends, the embrace of family, the soothing warmth of a mug of coffee (or tea) by candle light, and the solace of famiilar songs that carry us through year after year.
If those things strike a chord with you as well, and you are in Portland on Friday, December 12th, I invite you to join me for my final performance of the year. I'll be performing with the award-winning Portland State University Chamber Choir in a concert titled "A Holiday Garden."
We'll be performing jazz versions of favorite carols arranged by my former colleague, composer Brad Hansen. I will also present my own trio set, revisiting music from my 2003 album Spirit and sharing a brand-new arrangement of Vince Guaraldi's "Christmas Time is Here" that I've been waiting over 15 years to perform! I hope to see you there.
Until then, here's a bit of my arrangement.🕯️
11/20/2025
You would think I would know by now. But, somehow, I’m still surprised that even in the wake of milestones, red-letter days, and auspicious events, time’s inexorable march forward doesn’t slow even for a minute. Which is why it’s hard to fathom that it’s already been two weeks since my performance of David Schiff’s piano concerto with the Oregon Symphony — the premiere of a piece that I’d been working on for almost a year, and my debut as a concert soloist.
Over on Subst@ck you can find a few reflections.
Thanks also to Oregon ArtsWatch for reviewing the premiere and to Jason Quigley for capturing this moment. 🙏🏿
Is Uptown/Downtown jazz or classical? What do you think?
The world premiere of this piano concerto is this weekend: Oct. 31-Nov. 2!
VH1's Behind the Music edition of shedding the concerto.
Thanks to David Schiff for this illuminating and humbling experience. 🤣 Can't wait to hear it with the full power of the Oregon Symphony next week!
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