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Al Jolson
The Best of Al Jolson: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection
Genres: Folk, Jazz, Special Interest, Pop, Broadway & Vocalists

Track Listings (12) - Disc #1
1. Swanee
2. California, Here I Come
3. April Showers
4. My Mammy
5. Rock-a-bye Your Babe With A Dixie Melody
6. You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want To Do It)
7. Anniversary Song
8. Alexander's Ragtime Band
9. Sonny Boy
10. Liza (All The Clouds'll Roll Away)
11. Toot Toot Tootsie! (Good Bye)
12. When You Were Sweet Sixteen

Al Jolson, The Best of Al Jolson: 20th Century Masters--The Millennium Collection

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All Artists: Al Jolson
Title: The Best of Al Jolson: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Mca
Original Release Date: 1/1/2001
Re-Release Date: 9/25/2001
Album Type: Original recording remastered
Genres: Folk, Jazz, Special Interest, Pop, Broadway & Vocalists
Styles: Traditional Folk, Traditional Jazz & Ragtime, Vocal Jazz, Comedy & Spoken Word, Nostalgia, Easy Listening, Oldies, Vocal Pop, Traditional Vocal Pop
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 008811269227

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Al Jolson, The Best of Al Jolson: 20th Century Masters--The Millennium Collection

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CD Reviews

Clean Decca cuts, worth adding to library

ajrecs | Lutherville, MD USA | 10/23/2001

(4 out of 5 stars)

"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!"

What makes 'Joly' such a great singer?

Shalom Freedman | Jerusalem,Israel | 05/12/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"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."

Al Jolson

T. Mccalmon | Victorville, Calif. USA | 01/16/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"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"."