Black Stars

Jason Moran's name sits beside André 3000's on Shabaka Hutchings' 2024 album Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace. The former OutKast rapper, now devoted to flute, turns up as a working sideman in a serious jazz session.

Nasheet Waits made his name as the drummer on Jason Moran's piano-trio records Black Stars and Ten. On the 2024 album Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace, he shares the session with André 3000 — the rapper turned flutist — linking a defining New York jazz drummer to pop history.