Cantor Yossele Rosenblatt Live In Concert

[StJouish]

The song remembers his deceased mother.

[StJouish]

In Jewish tradition, a parent is remembered on the anniversary of their death by lighting a memorial candle at sunset of the evening before (because the jewish day begins and ends at sunset). The anniversary is known from the German as the Yahrzeit/year time. A licht is a light, in this case a candle.

[LazlosPlane]

Jolson's own father was a cantor and a well known and respected one. Does anyone know if recordings of his singing exist? Would be fascinating.

[bonfid]

This wonderful clip is from the 1928 film "The Jazz Singer", staring the gret Al Jolson. Though regarded as the first talking picture it was only the songs that were recorded. In the film his mother wants Jolson to become a Cantor, but he wants to go on the stage. In his moment of crisis he goes to see the Cantor.

[zarenda]

It obviously is from "The Jazz Singer".

In the flashback Jolson sees his cantor father singing, and is inspired to return to his cantorial roots. His father is played by Warner Oland, who also played Charlie Chan in a number of features. When he died Sidney Toler resumed the series.

Both of these Charlie Chans were of SWEDISH Decent.

[explosivejohnny]

he was my girlfriend's great uncle :)

[cantorfahlenkamp]

thank you for posting this. very interesting to hear, how baritonal his timbre was, though he was definitley a (dramatic) tenor. nearly no singer in the 20th century, sang like yossale, so expressive, so convicing. sometimes the strength of his lower tunes remembers me to giuseppe giacomini. yaacov

[Cantormatis]

Is this from the original Jazz singer?

[ememes1212]

yes

[vintagepa]

This looks like Al Jolson being inspired by the great chazzan Yossele Rosenblatt.

[eel1452]

This looks like it was taken from a movie.

[justperfectmusic]

It was a concert held in Chicago 1920. He's singing a Yiddish song "A Yartzeit Licht"...

[BarryGold100]

@justperfectmusic well he is singing Yartzeit Licht but this is NOT a public Concert It's part of Al Jolson's Movie - The Jazz Singer (1927)

[BarryGold100]

@justperfectmusic well he is singing Yartzeit Licht but this is NOT a public Concert It's part of Al Jolson's Movie - The Jazz Singer (1927), the person coming in to the concert is reminded of his father praying on the high holidays you hear Yossele's voice but his picture fades and you see an actor

[Bigratus]

@justperfectmusic

Actually it is an extract of the movie "The Jazz Singer", 1927.

[commenttomake]

Thanks for posting. Do you have any more information about it (e.g. where it's taken from, what he's singing [the Yiddish is quite hard to make out] etc)?

[eel1452]

There is nothing like yossele Amazing.

[justperfectmusic]

You're totally right! I'm glad I can bring the world to see stuff never shown before...

[Gruntig2008]

where is this from?