Musically speaking, Al Jarreau's spectacular genre-crossing voice was also his great career challenge. Kurt Dietrich develops that theme throughout his new biography of the Milwaukee native, "Never ...

Al Jarreau is the most successful jazz singer of his time and has enjoyed a career that spans four decades. Oddly though, Jarreau has been never been represented with a career-spanning compilation, ...

Chris Walker remembers days when he would wake up and minutes later find himself playing music with the jazz legend Ornette Coleman. Walker at that point had left Houston’s High School for the ...

Al Jarreau grew up in Milwaukee and earned his big break in California, but the seven-time Grammy-winning jazz singer pointed to his time in Minneapolis as a pivotal step in his career. That ...

Lost 1976 recording, capturing Jarreau's performance at Washington, D.C.'s Childe Harold Club, arrives Nov. 29 for Record Store Day's Black Friday celebration. By Gail Mitchell A holiday gift is ...

Just hours before the Grammys, a music giant passed. Seven-time Grammy-winning jazz singer Al Jarreau, who transcended genres over a 50-year career, died at a Los Angeles hospital Sunday, just days ...