Darrell Grant

Darrell Grant Darrell Grant is a jazz pianist, composer & educator. My new album Our Mr. Jackson comes out Oct 6th!

Back on S.S., on the other side of a block + grateful for the hang and vistas at the 2026 🙏🏿 Read 'A Shout-out to What ...
04/29/2026

Back on S.S., on the other side of a block + grateful for the hang and vistas at the 2026 🙏🏿

Read 'A Shout-out to What Is' about overthinking and overcoming over on SS.

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I'm excited to join a host of big-hearted musicians who will be calling members of our beloved communities, singing to t...
02/10/2026

I'm excited to join a host of big-hearted musicians who will be calling members of our beloved communities, singing to them, and reminding them they are loved and appreciated this Saturday. Today is the last day to book your Surprise Serenade at surpriseserenade dot com!

With Surprise Serenade, one of us will:
đź’ź Call your loved one
đź’ź Sing a song to them
đź’ź Surprise them with care
đź’ź Tell them they are loved and thought of by YOU
đź’ź & possibly evoke joyful tears

What do you say? Want to spread some love with me?

02/02/2026

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

12/11/2025

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.🕯️

You would think I would know by now. But, somehow, I’m still surprised that even in the wake of milestones, red-letter d...
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. 🙏🏿

10/28/2025

Is Uptown/Downtown jazz or classical? What do you think?

The world premiere of this piano concerto is this weekend: Oct. 31-Nov. 2!

10/25/2025

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!

10/22/2025

Come behind the scenes of cracking open a brand new piano concerto commissioned by the Oregon Symphony from David Schiff.
OR what I've been working on this year.

Catch it in Oregon Oct.31-Nov. 2!

Talking concerto with the composer! 10 days until the Salem show with the Oregon Symphony, 11 until Portland and the pre...
10/21/2025

Talking concerto with the composer!

10 days until the Salem show with the Oregon Symphony, 11 until Portland and the premiere of David Schiff's jazz concerto Uptown/Downtown!

It was a delight to share space with these beautiful musical beings—Esperanza Spalding and Clark Rundell—for an hour of ...
10/20/2025

It was a delight to share space with these beautiful musical beings—Esperanza Spalding and Clark Rundell—for an hour of conversation about the connections between music and place, the genius of Wayne Shorter, and the necessity of art as a beacon of hope in these tumultuous times.

My office over the weekend! Grateful for a couple hours at the Steinway Gallery in Nashville to shed for my debut with t...
10/06/2025

My office over the weekend! Grateful for a couple hours at the Steinway Gallery in Nashville to shed for my debut with the Oregon Symphony at the end of the month.

Another shout-out to MusicOregon for providing the Echo Fund Grant, which allowed me to work with the brilliant Portland...
08/01/2025

Another shout-out to MusicOregon for providing the Echo Fund Grant, which allowed me to work with the brilliant Portland photographer, Shawnte Sims, to create promo photos for my trio, DG3, featuring Machado Mijiga and Sam Arnold.

Stay tuned in 2026 for the release of "Hometown" by DG3!

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