The film dovetails splendidly ... about the best recordlng Vitaphone has turned out to date. Jolson in “The Jazz Singer” is surefire for Broadway. With his songs that holds good for any ...

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

"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 ...

Works in the artist’s show at the New York institution include a video installation in which he narrates a story of racially ...

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

Quincy Jones, the musician-producer whose work was on several of the biggest pop LPs of the century, has died at 91.

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As a producer, arranger, composer, bandleader and recording artist, he made a powerful mark on nearly every genre he touched.

As a producer, he made the best-selling album of all time, Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.” He was also a prolific arranger and ...

Quincy Jones version, recorded for his 1973 album You've Got It Bad Girl, is almost unrecognisable as the same song. Lazily ...

Her reign began as a swing singer with the great bandleader and drummer ... albums produced by Norman Granz. She could irk the jazz purists and confound the supper club set. But for more than ...

“Her approach to music is absolutely adult and mature. Jacinta is an assertive singer, solid, with excellent expression and musical sense” --All Jazz, Portugal Critically acclaimed for her “warm, ...