Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

Posted on June 21, 2019 by popenterta • Leave a comment

TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM (2019) Featuring Toni Morrison, Farah Griffin, Angela Davis, Hilton Als, Sonia Sanchez, Walter Mosley, Oprah Winfrey, David Carrasco, Paula Giddings, Robert Gottlieb, Peter Sellars, Fran Lebowitz, Russell Banks and Richard Danielpour. Directed by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders. Distributed by Magnolia Pictures. 120 minutes. Rated PG-13. Toni Morrison is a literary legend … Continue reading →

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Music Tastes Good Festival – Marina Green Park – Long Beach, CA – September 30, 2018 (PopEntertainment.com Concert Review)

Posted on October 2, 2018 by popenterta • Leave a comment

James Blake, Janelle Monáe, Lizzo, Parquet Courts, Hollie Cook, Ladama, Ezra Furman, Ethio Cali & B.A.G. (Blimes X Gab) – Music Tastes Good Festival – Marina Green Park – Long Beach, CA – September 30, 2018 Day Two of the Music Tastes Good Festival 2018 was packed with artists of all different genres from R&B … Continue reading →

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Dolores (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

Posted on September 15, 2017 by popenterta • Leave a comment

DOLORES (2017) Featuring Dolores Huerta, Curtis Acosta, Barbara Carrasco, Camila Chavez, Juana Chavez, Maria Elena Chavez, Ricardo S. Chavez, Hillary Clinton, Angela Davis, Lori de Leon, Wendy Greenfeld, Raul M. Grijalva, Ramona Holguin, Emilio Huerta, Roberto Lovato, Eloy Martinez, Eliseo Medina, Nancy Pelosi, Rick Rivas, Randy Shaw, Gloria Steinem, Art Torres and Luis Valdez. Written … Continue reading →

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Newport Jazz Festival – Newport, RI – August 4-6, 2017 (A PopEntertainment.com Concert Photo Album)

Posted on August 7, 2017 by popenterta • Leave a comment

Newport Jazz Festival presented by Natixis Global Asset Management – Fort Adams State Park – Newport, RI – August 4-6, 2017 Click on thumbnails to see full-sized pictures! Photos by Ross Edmond © 2017 Continue reading →

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La La Land (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

Posted on January 20, 2017 by popenterta • Leave a comment

LA LA LAND (2016) Starring Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, John Legend, Rosemarie DeWitt, J.K. Simmons, Finn Wittrock, Meagan Fay, Callie Hernandez, Sonoya Mizuno, Jessica Rothe, Tom Everett Scott, Josh Pence, Valarie Ray Miller, Amiée Conn, Terry Walters, Thom Shelton, Cinda Adams, Claudine Claudio and Jason Fuchs. Screenplay by Damien Chazelle. Directed by Damien Chazelle. Distributed … Continue reading →

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What Happened, Miss Simone? (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

Posted on September 16, 2016 by popenterta • Leave a comment

WHAT HAPPENED MISS SIMONE? (2016) Featuring Lisa Simone Kelly, Roger Nupie, Al Shackman, George Wein, Stanley Crouch, Dick Gregory, Ilyasah Shabazz, Ambassador Shabazz, Gerrit De Bruin and archival footage of Nina Simone. Screenplay by Liz Garbus. Directed by Liz Garbus. Distributed by Netflix. 92 minutes. Rated PG-13. Jazz chanteuse Nina Simone always somehow felt too … Continue reading →

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Master Bassist Robert Miller Makes Project Grand Slam His Mission

Posted on August 15, 2016 by popenterta • Leave a comment

Master Bassist Robert Miller Makes Project Grand Slam His Mission by Brad Balfour With his dark shades and black/white garb on stage, master bassist Robert Miller seems like a cool cat out of a 1950s Hollywood casting of a jazz musician. But he’s much more than that. The 60-ish player is leader of Robert Miller’s … Continue reading →

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Uncle Kracker – Something New Under the Sun

Posted on August 17, 2015 by popenterta • Leave a comment

Uncle Kracker Something New Under the Sun by Jay S. Jacobs Music has always been a rainbow coalition of sounds for Uncle Kracker, a mélange of rock, hip-hop, country, jazz, soul, blues and more. That’s what they played on the radio (remember the radio?) when Kracker was growing up, and that’s what he has played … Continue reading →

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Jessi Teich – Twisted Soul (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)

Posted on January 24, 2015 by popenterta • Leave a comment

Jessi Teich – Twisted Soul (Madame Freak) You know an artist has some diverse tastes when she covers both Tom Waits and Justin Timberlake on her album. This young Philadelphia-based jazz singer certainly lives up to this wide range in her latest CD, recorded live in studio in Paris. Teich refers to Twisted Soul as … Continue reading →

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Fernando Trueba Illustrates the History of Jazz with the Oscar-nominated Chico & Rita

Posted on February 24, 2012 by popenterta • Leave a comment

Fernando Trueba Illustrates the History of Jazz with the Oscar-nominated Chico & Rita by Jay S. Jacobs Spanish film director Fernando Trueba has had a long, fascinating career which has branched out in many directions. He started out as a movie critic in the 1970s for the newspaper El Pais. He has since worked as an … Continue reading →

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