The Jazz Singers

The Jazz SingersPart IWhen Sammy Davis saunters onto the stage of New York's Copacabana, snaps his fingers, kicks with the band and belts out a blues, he's providing the best possible proof that talent is never born in a vacuum. What Sammy sings and how he sings it – no matter how "commercial" his style may be dubbed by some – has its roots deep in the mainstream of jazz, back in time through literally thousands of singers who have wailed, moaned, chanted, grunted, shouted, scatted, hu...