Tag Archives: Jazz

Louis Armstrong’s Black and Blues

Posted on November 12, 2022 by Patricia Markert

directed by Sacha Jenkins available on AppleTV Jenkins made this movie to reclaim Armstrong’s importance to black music, to reject his image as nothing but an Uncle Tom, to demonstrate his brilliance as a horn player. In the process, we … Continue reading →

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Miles Ahead (Dir. Don Cheadle). 2015.

Posted on June 6, 2016 by Patricia Markert

  With Don Cheadle and Ewan McGregor. This is not a standard musical biography about a genius who had his demons, in this instance drug addiction, alcoholism, bad choice in friends, wives, etc. This movie covers about a five year period in which … Continue reading →

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