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 ...

"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 ...

However, other singers have gone on to pursue acting after or during a prosperous music career. ...

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

Quincy Jones was a great rarity: a major musician who became one of the biggest power brokers in the entire history of the music business, and, ...

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 ...

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

Renowned for his versatile voice and captivating performances, Jones leaves behind a legacy of music and community ...

After discovering Newark's numerous theaters and movie houses, she skipped school and left home ... 00:00 Joanie Pallatto “My Original ... Many jazz singers of the 1950s continued the tradition of ...

Known locally as Jebry's Jazz and Jam Session when she performed ... Breast cancer struck the singer in 1985. In 1996, she said, she learned she had lung cancer, which she also successfully ...