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Tuesday, February 20, 2024

‘Jelly’s Last Jam’ Returns, Bringing a Jazz Tale to a New Generation by Marcus J. Moore

Jason Michael Webb, the show’s guest music director, said he wants audiences at the musical about Jelly Roll Morton to experience “a time period that does not exist anymore.”

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:42PM
Wednesday, January 26, 2022

In 'Black No More,' the Evolution of Black Music, and a Man’s Soul by Marcus J. Moore

The new show “Black No More,” inspired by a 1931 satirical novel about race relations, has “the point of view of people who are very much products of now.”

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:18AM