A few music lovers were musing about jazz a couple of decades ago when Al Jolson’s name came up. A notable musician and scribe remarked: “I wear headphones when I play his records because people might ...

On the face of it, Jolson and Company, the latest biographical musical presented by the Coconut Grove Playhouse, should be dead on arrival. Its subject, Al Jolson, became a star before World War I, ...

He sang arias on the streets of San Francisco, performed on Broadway and collaborated on a musical about Al Jolson, which he also starred in. By Richard Sandomir A Broadway comeback is a box-office ...

Only last spring, Al Jolson vowed that he would never have a radio show of his own. Why should he bother? The Technicolor movie based on his life (Columbia’s The Jolson Story) was wowing the box ...

Tune in for the 894th show, a jazz-filled hour celebrating the legendary artists featured in Kosher Jammer, the latest book by London-based jazz journalist Mike Garber. This deep dive explores how the ...

Erle Jolson Krasna, the widow of singer Al Jolson and later of screenwriter and producer Norman Krasna, died of cancer Jan. 11. She was 81. Mrs. Krasna, who died at her Century City home, controlled ...

Long-time New York and Paris gallery Marian Goodman has opened in Los Angeles with a show of director and artist Steve McQueen’s short film, Sunshine State. Shown on two back-to-back screens in a ...

On the face of it, Jolson and Company, the latest biographical musical presented by the Coconut Grove Playhouse, should be dead on arrival. Its subject, Al Jolson, became a star before World War I, ...

McQueen narrates the story of his father who narrowly escaped death as a young man in Florida in his new film 'Sunshine State,' which incorporates footage from 'The Jazz Singer.' By Degen Pener Deputy ...