Richard Bernstein tackles difficult topics in his short study of an extraordinary entertainer, Al Jolson (born Asa Yoelson in ...

It is significant, though, that Pacino has titled his book “Sonny Boy,” a nickname his mother gave him because she loved Al Jolson’s rendition of the song in “The Jazz Singer.” ...

Al Jolson promoted himself as “the Blackface with the Grand Opera Voice.” Although Jolson appeared in the pioneering talkie “The Jazz Singer,” neither he nor Smith adapted well to the ...

It was not the “Jazz Singer’’ with Al Jolson, although he was popular in the Lehigh Valley, frequently at the Allentown Fair in live performances and in Broadway try-out productions.

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Then, in 1927, the music of Al Jolson came projected with dialogue in The Jazz Singer. The talkies were suddenly in and a sound revolution that forever altered cinema began. Cultural transition — ...

We stop off in California, where Buster Keaton was filming one of the great sequences of silent slapstick comedy in Steamboat Bill Jr. at the same time as Al Jolson was making a movie – The Jazz ...

Whether you’re in town for Mardi Gras, or seeking authentic jazz performances ... before The Rolling Stones booked her as a session singer for “Gimme Shelter,” finding themselves impressed ...

Chico Hamilton’s song ‘The Jam’ is used throughout the new Netflix show ‘The Residence.’ It came out last week.

“I keep moving all the time,” jazz singer and lyricist Kurt Elling said last week.