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'Universe': Film Review

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Premiering only weeks after its protagonist, revered jazz trumpeter Wallace Roney, died from "complications with COVID-19," Nick Capezzera and Sam Osborn's absorbing documentary Universe is endowed with and ruefully enriched by a mournful topicality.

One of the very first films to be shaped by the tragic shadow of 2020's global pandemic, this warm tribute to Roney and his craft will be catnip for jazz aficionados worldwide in the months ahead, even if practical necessities will largely confine it to small-screen platforms.

Debuting in the online phase of Sheffield Doc/Fest's program, the picture's circulation will be boosted via the copious archive-footage presence of Roney's legendary mentor Miles Davis.

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