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Wednesday 8 May 2019
Years in the making, film about jazz pioneer Bolden to open

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — More as jazz.
than two decades after The movie stars Gary Carr
the seed was planted in ("Downton Abbey") as
Dan Pritzker's mind to make Bolden, who was born in
a movie about jazz cornet- 1877 and died in Louisiana's
ist Charles "Buddy" Bolden, state asylum in 1931. It also
the world is finally getting to features the musical talents
see the story he's been try- of New Orleans native and
ing to tell. jazz master Wynton Mar-
The writer-director's film salis, who wrote, arranged
"Bolden" reimagines the life and performed music for
and music of the musician, the movie and is named
of whom little is known. executive producer on the
Many consider him the fa- project.
ther of what we now know "This is a poetic, tragic story

This image released by Abramorama shows Gary Carr portraying jazz pioneer Charles “Buddy”
Bolden in a scene from "Bolden," in theaters on Friday.
Associated Press

about a guy who changed songwriter for the Chicago of him. Up until Donald
everything about Ameri- band Sonia Dada, said Marquis' book, 'In Search
can music. Let's be clear, there's little historical infor- of Buddy Bolden,' people
though, it's not a biopic. It's mation about Bolden. questioned whether he
more of an allegory about "There are no known re- was even real," Pritzker said.
the soul of America in my cordings of him. None of He hadn't heard of Bolden
view," Pritzker said in an his music exists and it's left until a show promoter in
interview with The Associ- to people's imagination of 1997 mentioned him off-
ated Press. what he might have done. handedly as "having in-
Pritzker, a guitarist and And there's just one photo vented jazz."q

Chris Pavone's book centers on a

single day in Paris

day in Paris. the day would end well as
Each person in the spotlight some risky money invest-
shares a different part of ments were set to pay off
the terror that has engulfed in a big way. He had not
the city of love. In addition told Kate that they were
to several suspicious pack- in deep financial straits,
ages left around the city, a but this transaction will turn
man has walked to a major things around. Kate's real
tourist attraction and after job is completely unknown
setting down a briefcase to Dexter, and she soon dis-
unbuttons his windbreaker covers that everything ties
to reveal a suicide vest. into her family.
A man named Hunter deals Acts of terror can destroy
in the world of finance, and lives, but secrets are just as
he contemplates leaving deadly.
his wife for a woman he Pavone delivers a sequel to
This cover image released by considers his vision of per- his first novel, "The Expats,"
Crown shows "The Paris Diver-
sion," by Chris Pavone. fection, his assistant. Secu- and fans of that book will
Associated Press rity arrives to keep the two enjoy seeing the return of
of them protected, but on Kate and Dexter, though it's
By JEFF AYERS a day where he is about too bad that their relation-
Associated Press to make a huge deal, the ship has not been a happy
"The Paris Diversion" by Chris phones and Wi-Fi are down one. Those unfamiliar with
Pavone (Crown) due to the threat. that novel will still find a
The narrative in Chris Pa- For Kate Moore and her fast-paced and heartfelt
vone's "The Paris Diversion" husband, Dexter, the thriller set in the world of es-
jumps back and forth be- events transpiring will keep pionage and terrorism that
tween several characters them apart for different echoes the best of John le
in the course of a single reasons. Dexter thought Carre.q