4.0 out of 5 stars
The Best One-Disc Spectrum of Jolson, March 5, 2001
This review is from: Al Jolson 2 (Audio CD)
There are more historically representative samplers of Jolson, and more pleasant collections, but this 3rd disc in the Pearl Flapper series is probably the best one-disc collection. It includes good tracks, embarrassing tracks, interpolated stage songs and some of the first soundtrack recordings to be released as records in their own right. Jolson's popularity as a recording artist often seems mystifying in retrospect, but this disc is probably your best chance of understanding it. He could be so much better--and dear God so much worse--than just a man in blackface on his knees singing to his Mammy.
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