The Best of Al Jolson: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

Al Jolson

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 25, 2001)
• Original Release Date: September 25, 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Mca
• ASIN: B00005O6K1
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #59,415 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Clean Decca cuts, worth adding to library, October 23, 2001

By	"ajrecs" (Lutherville, MD USA) - See all my reviews

MCA has re-released these dozen original Decca tracks in a remastered CD as part of a 20th Century Masters collection. The quality is quite good, but you should know that this is a subset of the tracks from the earlier MCA CD The Best Of The Decca Years, shown below. Still, it is a good, clean, CD, and it is good to see MCA continuing to release Jolson tracks. If only they would open those archives!

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What makes 'Joly' such a great singer? , May 11, 2006

By	Shalom Freedman "Shalom Freedman" (Jerusalem,Israel) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)

Jolson was the first great mass-media popular singing superstar.
I grew up with his records and have had a special joy in listening to his music after many years once again intensely.
I try to understand what precisely was and is so 'great' about him as a singer.
It is the quality and tone of the voice. It is in the precise inflection and innuendo. The voice has great richness and mellifluousness. But it is also and perhaps above all in the tremendous energy and feeling there is in so many of the songs. 'Pep' is too small a word for it. The energy the vibrancy has a spirit of youth in it. 'California Here I come' 'Swanee' .Even when there is a 'sad song' like 'April Showers' it has a message of hope and an underlying feeling of joy. The nostalgic and as it were sentimental songs too all bear with them an underlying strong and positive joyous feeling.
This is the music for a young nation looking towards its future with hope.
I would only add. In comparing Jolson's version of 'Kol Nidre' to some of the greatest cantors his came out on top. He just had a tremendous power to transmit feeling through his incredible 'walk a million miles for one of her smiles' voice.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Al Jolson, January 15, 2007

By	T. Mccalmon "Tommy Mac" (Victorville, Calif. USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Like the title says, "The Best Of Al Jolson"! He was & is one of the best all around singer/entertainer of the 20th century!!! This compilation is just fantastic, I love the back & forth diatribe between Al & Bing Crosby on "The Alexander Rag".