A holiday gift is arriving early for Al Jarreau fans. A lost live album recorded by the Grammy-winning jazz/R&B/pop singer-songwriter at Washington, D.C.’s historic Childe Harold Club in 1976 is ...
What I was really struck by with this recording—particularly because it was from early in his career—was how much scatting Al did—how he would take the melodies of songs, and the lyrics then turn them ...
*“He was an amazing guy,” said Zev Feldman, co-president of Resonance Records, when talking about the November 29, 2024 release of the “Wow” album that consisted of five live performances by Al ...
Al Jarreau performed that song on his Grammy Award-winning album “Look To The Rainbow,” which was recorded in front of a live audience in Europe — a continent where he would enjoy stardom from then on ...
The "Acrobat of Scat," Milwaukee native Al Jarreau, passed away on Feb. 12, 2017, at the age of 76. RELATED: Al Jarreau, celebrated vocalist, Milwaukee native, dies at 76 But the legacy and music of ...
NEW YORK (Billboard) - George Benson and Al Jarreau together on record for the first time is enough to make "Givin' It Up" a bona fide event. But they make it even better with a cast that includes ...
Al Jarreau, a Grammy Award-winning singer whose versatile tenor voice and vibrant stage style blurred the lines between jazz, soul and pop music, died Feb. 12 at a Los Angeles hospital. He was 76. His ...
NPR's Ed Gordon catches up with Grammy nominee Al Jarreau, rehearsing at a "Grammy Salute to Jazz" event on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles. Jarreau performs and talks about creating a jazz album ...
Hot Summer Nights looked like an agreeable package for a nine-stop tour of outdoor facilities and casinos of the West and upper Midwest. The music was mostly celebratory, sprinkled with some familiar ...
There’s no doubt it’s Al Jarreau on the other end of the line, because the man isn’t just talking about his new, Grammy-nominated album, “Accentuate the Positive” (Verve) — he’s singing it. “I thought ...
LOS ANGELES - Al Jarreau, a University of Iowa alum whose tenor voice and vibrant stage style blurred the lines between jazz, soul and pop music - winning the Grammy Award seven times - died Sunday at ...
DETROIT (Billboard) - Al Jarreau will have more than just love songs to offer to his fans this year. Sign up here. The multifaceted singer, who recently released a "Love Songs" collection timed for ...