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Jason Moran’s new album pays tribute to Black jazz pioneer James Reese Europe : NPR
Jason Moran performs at the 2022 Newport Jazz Festival. Courtesy of Newport Jazz Festival cover caption toggle caption Courtesy of Newport Jazz Festival Jason Moran performs at the 2022 Newport Jazz Pageant. Courtesy of Newport Jazz Pageant The inspiration for Jason Moran’s new album, From the Dancehall to the Battlefield, came from a distinguished supply, who handed it down like a household heirloom. Randy Weston, a fellow pianist-composer in the jazz tradition, was nevertheless undertaking in his mid-80s a ten years or so ago, when he welcomed Moran to his house in Brooklyn with an admonishment: You want to know about James Reese Europe. (Weston, an NEA Jazz Learn, died…
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Jason Momoa to Build Live-Action Minecraft, and More Movie News
This week’s Ketchup brings you more headlines from the world of film development news, covering such titles as Animal Farm, Fast X, and The Wonder Twins. This WEEK’S TOP STORY JASON MOMOA TO BUILD LIVE-ACTION MINECRAFT (Photo by David Livingston/Getty Images) Video game adaptations are suddenly all the rage in film development following the relative successes of Pokémon Detective Pikachu (Fresh at 68{5b4d37f3b561c14bd186647c61229400cd4722d6fb37730c64ddff077a6b66c6}), Sonic the Hedgehog (Fresh at 63{5b4d37f3b561c14bd186647c61229400cd4722d6fb37730c64ddff077a6b66c6}), and Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Fresh at 68{5b4d37f3b561c14bd186647c61229400cd4722d6fb37730c64ddff077a6b66c6}), not to mention Free Guy (Certified Fresh at 80{5b4d37f3b561c14bd186647c61229400cd4722d6fb37730c64ddff077a6b66c6}), which technically isn’t an adaptation of any actual game. This boon now seems to be affecting projects that have been struggling through development for…
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Jason Momoa Joins the Fast & Furious Franchise, and More Movie News
This week’s Ketchup brings you more headlines from the world of film development news, covering new titles such as Batgirl, Fast and Furious 10, and Masters of the Universe. This WEEK’S TOP STORY JASON MOMOA JOINS THE FAST & FURIOUS FRANCHISE (Photo by Samir Hussein/Getty Images) Ten movies in (including Fast and Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw), the Fast & Furious franchise has featured a revolving door of action stars that has included Idris Elba, Jason Statham, Charlize Theron, and perhaps most controversially at this point, Dwayne Johnson. Instead of returning for any future Fast & Furious projects, Johnson is focusing on the DC Comics movie Black Adam (7/29/2022) and his…
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