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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 gained nationwide recognition with the theme to the 1985 hit television show "Moonlighting," which starred Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis. He also had a chart-topping single "We're In ...
LOS ANGELES (WPVI) -- Grammy-award winning singer Al Jarreau has died at age 76, according to a statement on his website. Jarreau had announced his retirement last week after being hospitalized in Los ...
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 ...
Many purists believe that the only true Yacht Rock contains elements of jazz music. While we tend to take more of a big-tent approach to the genre, it’s clear that many of the most beloved songs of ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Al Jarreau, a Grammy-winning jazz singer ...