A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer.

The surprisingly controversial history of toilet flushing in movies features one very famous name and a long forgotten loo ...

"The Jazz Singer" starring Al Jolson, the first movie that incorporated synchronized speaking parts for its actors, was released on this day in history, Oct. 6, 1927. Primitive by today’s ...

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He was there, in person, also. But “The Jazz Singer” minus Vitaphone is sometblng else again. There’s really no love interest in the script, except between mother and son. It’s doubtful if ...

Johan Grimonprez's Soundtrack to a Coup D'Etat is a grim, exciting history lesson that announces itself with percussive ...

Samara Joy played her first-ever Tucson show weeks before she won a trio of Grammys including Best New Artist. Now she's ...

The country’s biggest Women’s Jazz Festival is set to return to Hey Nonny Jan. 7 through 11. It will be the third annual ...

From Grammy-winning albums to stellar onscreen performances, let's take a look at the lovely legacy of Ledisi.

But unlike them, his legacy has faded since his death in 1950, his reputation tarnished by his starring role in the once-acclaimed, now controversial 1927 movie The Jazz Singer and his long ...

Tyka Nelson, the Minneapolis-based singer and sister of the late superstar Prince, died Monday. She was 64. Her death was announced to the Minnesota Star Tribune by her son President Nelson. No cause ...