JANICE'S BLUES ALLEY PRESENTS
AL JARREAU
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AL JARREAU--THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE |
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AL JARREAU--THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE |
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The only vocalist in history to net Grammy awards in three different categories (jazz, pop and R&B, respectively), Al Jarreau was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on April 12, 1940; the son of a vicar, he earned his first performing experience singing in the church choir. After receiving his Masters degree in psychology, Jarreau pursued a career as a social worker, but eventually he decided to relocate to Los Angeles and try his hand in show business, playing small clubs throughout the West Coast. In the mid-1960s, he recorded an LP but largely remained an unknown, not re-entering the studio for another decade. Upon signing to Reprise, Jarreau resurfaced in 1975 with We Got By, earning acclaim for his sophisticated brand of vocalese and winning positive comparison to the likes of Billy Eckstine and Johnny Mathis. After 1976's Glow, Jarreau issued the following year's Look to the Rainbow, a two-disc live set which reached the Top 50 on the U.S. album charts. With 1981's Breakin' Away, he entered the Top Ten, scoring a pair of hits with "We're in This Love Together" and the title track.
He recorded an LP in the mid-'60s, but largely remained an unknown, not reentering the studio for another decade. Upon signing to Reprise, Jarreau resurfaced in 1975 with We Got By, earning acclaim for his sophisticated brand of vocalese and winning positive comparison to the likes of Billy Eckstine and Johnny Mathis. After 1976's Glow, Jarreau issued the following year's Look to the Rainbow, a two-disc live set that reached the Top 50 on the U.S. album charts. With 1981's Breakin' Away, he entered the Top Ten, scoring a pair of hits with "We're in This Love Together" and the title track. After recording 1986's L Is for Lover with producer Nile Rodgers, Jarreau scored a hit with the theme to the popular television program Moonlighting, but his mainstream pop success was on the wane, and subsequent efforts like 1992's Heaven and Earth and 1994's Tenderness found greater success with adult contemporary audiences.
A string of budget compilations and original albums hit the shelves at the end of the decade, but into the turn of the century his original output slowed down. That was until he signed with the Verve/GRP label in 1998 and reunited with producer Tommy LiPuma. LiPuma had produced Jarreau's ostensible 1975 debut, We Got By, and the pairing seemed to reinvigorate Jarreau, who went on to release three stellar albums under LiPuma's guidance, including 2000's Tomorrow Today, 2002's All I Got, and 2004's Accentuate the Positive. Givin' It Up, recorded with George Benson and released in 2006, was nominated for three Grammy Awards -- each one for a different song. Jarreau returned with his first ever full-length holiday-themed album, Christmas, in 2008. Four years later he offered a live recording, Al Jarreau and the Metropole Orkest: Live, performing alongside the Dutch ensemble.
A frequent live performer into his seventies, Jarreau was hospitalized in 2010 and forced to cancel concert dates, but he resumed touring after leaving the hospital, and indicated that reports about possible health problems had been exaggerated. In February 2017 an announcement was posted on Jarreau's website stating that the singer had been hospitalized for exhaustion in Los Angeles; that he was canceling upcoming scheduled tour dates; and, in fact, that he would be retiring entirely from touring in the future. He died in the morning of February 12 at age 76, mere hours before the 59th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony was to begin.
-- by Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
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1. My Favorite Things 2. Stockholm Sweetnin' 3. Sleepin' Bee 4. Masquerade Is Over |
5. Sophisticated Lady 6. Joey, Joey, Joey 7. Come Rain or Come Shine 8. One Note Samba (Samba de Uma Nota So) |
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1. Spirit 2. We Got By 3. Susan's Song 4. You Don't See Me 5. Lock All The Gates |
6. Raggedy Ann 7. Letter Perfect 8. Sweet Potato Pie 9. Alladdin's Lamp |
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1. Rainbow In Your Eyes 2. Your Song 3. Agua De Beber 4. Have You Seen The Child 5. Hold On Me |
6. Fire And Rain 7. Somebody's Watching You 8. Milwaukee 9. Glow |
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01. Letter Perfect 02. Rainbow in Your Eyes 03. One Good Turn 04. Could You Believe 05. Burst in with the Dawn 06. Better Than Anything |
07. So Long Girl 08. Look to the Rainbow 09. You Don't See Me 10. Take Five 11. Loving You 12. We Got By |
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1. Thinkin' About It Too 2. I'm Home 3. Brite 'n' Sunny Babe 4. I Do 5. Fly |
6. Wait a Little While 7. She's Leaving Home 8. All 9. (Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay |
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1. Never Givin' Up 2. Gimme What You Got 3. Love Is Real 4. Alonzo 5. (If I Could Only) Change Your Mind |
6. (I Can Recall) Spain 7. Distracted 8. Your Sweet Love 9. (A Rhyme) This Time |
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1. Closer to Your Love 2. My Old Friend 3. We're in This Love Together 4. Easy 5. Our Love |
6. Breakin' Away 7. Roof Garden 8. (Round, Round, Round) Blue Rondo a la Turk 9. Teach Me Tonight |
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1. Mornin' 2. Boogie Down 3. I Will Be Here For You 4. Save Me 5. Step By Step |
6. Black And Blues 7. Trouble In Paradise 8. Not Like This 9. Love Is Waiting |
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01. My Favourite Things 02. Stockholm Sweetnin' 03. Sleeping Bee 04. The Masquerade Is Over |
05. Sophisticated Lady 06. Joey 07. Come Rain Or Shine 08. One Note Samba |
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01. Ain't No Sunshine 02. Kissing My Love 03. You 04. Same Love That Made Me Laugh 05. Rainbow in Your Eyes 06. Grandma's Hands 07. Lonely Town, Lonely Street |
08. Lean on Me 09. One Good Turn 10. We Got By 11. Use Me (Till You Use Me Up) 12. Loving You 13. Letter Perfect |
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1. Raging Waters 2. Black and Blues 3. I Will Be Here for You 4. Let's Pretend |
5. High Crime 6. Roof Garden 7. Teach Me Tonight 8. We're in This Love Together |
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01. Raging Waters 02. Imagination 03. Murphy's Law 04. Tell Me 05. After All |
06. High Crime 07. Let's Pretend 08. Sticky Wicket 09. Love Speaks Louder Than Words 10. Fallin' |
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01. Tell Me What I Gotta Do 02. L Is for Lover 03. Says 04. Pleasure 05. Golden Girl |
06. Across the Midnight Sky 07. (We Got) Telepathy 08. Give a Little More Lovin' 09. No Ordinary Romance 10. Real Tight |
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01. All or Nothing at All 02. So Good 03. All of My Love 04. One Way 05. 10k Hi 06. I Must Have Been a Fool |
07. Pleasure over Pain 08. Yo Jeans 09. Way to Your Heart 10. More Love 11. Killer Love 12. Heart's Horizon |
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01. What You Do To Me 02. It's Not Hard To Love You 03. Blue Angel 04. Heaven And Earth 05. Superfine Love |
06. Whenever I Hear Your Name 07. Love Of My Life 08. If I Break 09. Blue In Green (Tapestry): Pt. I-'The Dedication' 10. Blue In Green (Tapestry): Pt. II-"The Dance" |
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01. Mas Que Nada 02. Try a Little Tenderness 03. Your Song 04. My Favorite Things 05. She's Leaving Home 06. Summertime |
07. We Got By 08. Save Your Love for Me 09. You Don't See Me 10. Wait for the Magic 11. Dinosaur 12. Go Away Little Girl |
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01. Ain't No Sunshine 02. Lean on Me 03. Use Me 04. Kissing My Love |
05. Grandma's Hands 06. You 07. Lonely Town, Lonely Street 08. Same Love That Made Me Laugh |
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01. My Favorite Things 02. Stockholm Sweetnin' 03. Sleepin' Bee 04. Masquerade Is Over 05. Sophisticated Lady 06. Joey 07. Come Rain Or Come Shine 08. One Note Samba 09. Ain't No Sunshine 10. Lean On Me 11. Use Me 12. Kissing My Love 13. Gramdma's Hands |
14. You 15. Lonely Town, Lonely Street 16. Same Love That Made Me Laugh 17. Livin' For You 18. Call Me 19. Here I Am 20. Let's Get Married 21. Let's Stay Together 22. You Ought To Be With Me 23. Love And Happiness 24. Tired Of Being Alone 25. Look What You Done For Me 26. I'm Still In Love With You |
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01. Just to Be Loved 02. Let Me Love You 03. In My Music 04. Through It All 05. Tomorrow Today 06. Flame |
07. Something That You Said 08. Last Night 09. God's Gift to the World 10. It's How You Say It 11. Puddit |
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01. Random Act Of Love 02. Life Is 03. Never Too Late 04. Feels Like Heaven 05. Lost And Found [feat. Joe Cocker] 06. Secrets Of Love |
07. All I Got 08. Until You Love Me 09. Oasis 10. Jacaranda Bougainvillea 11. Route 66 |
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01. Cold Duck 02. The Nearness Of You 03. I'm Beginning To See The Light 04. My Foolish Heart 05. Midnight Sun 06. Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive |
07. Betty Bebop's Song 08. Waltz For Debby 09. Groovin' High 10. Lotus 11. Scootcha-Booty |
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01. Breezin' 02. Mornin' 03. 'Long Come Tutu 04. God Bless the Child 05. Summer Breeze 06. All I Am 07. Ordinary People |
08. Let It Rain 09. Givin' It Up for Love 10. Every Time You Go Away 11. Four 12. Don't Start No Schtuff 13. Bring It on Home to Me |
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Disc 1 01. Elegy to the Memory of Calvin Simmons, for chamber ensemble | |
Disc 2: Solstice, ballet for flute, oboe, trumpet, celeste, tack piano, 2 cellos & bass | |
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01. Garden of the Sun 02. Entrance of the Moon Bull 03. Earth's Invitation |
04. Vernal Dance 05. Turning of the Wheel 06. Finale - Blaze of the Day |
Disc 3: Concerto in Slendro, for violin, celesta, 2 tack pianos & 2 percussionists | |
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01. Allegro vivo 02. Molto adagio |
03. Allegro, molto vigoroso |
Disc 4: Symphony No. 4 "Last Symphony", for baritone & orchestra | |
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01. Largo - Tempo 2 (almost double tempo) 02. Stampede - poco presto 03. Largo |
04. Three Coyote Stories. Introduction / Coyote's Path / Story 1 / Coyote's Path / Story 2 / Coyote' 05. Double Music for percussion quartet |
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01. Winter Wonderland 02. Hark The Herald Angels Sing 03. White Christmas 04. By My Christmas Tree 05. Carol Of The Bells 06. Oh Come All Ye Faithful 07. The Christmas Song |
08. I'll Be Home For Christmas 09. Gloria In Excelsis 10. Christmas Time Is Here 11. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas 12. Some Children See Him 13. The Little Christmas Tree 14. Up On The Housetop |
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01. Call Me 02. Here I Am 03. Let's Stay Together 04. I'm Still in Love With You 05. Let's Get Married |
06. Livin' for You 07. You Ought to Be With Me 08. Look What You Done for Me 09. Love and Happiness 10. Tired of Being Alone |
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01. Cold Duck 02. Jacaranda Bougainvillea 03. Flame 04. Agua De Beber 05. Something That You Said (A Remark You Made) 06. We're In This Love Together |
07. I'm Beginning To See The Light 08. Midnight Sun 09. Scootcha-Booty 10. After All 11. Spain (I Can Recall) 12. Digital Booklet: Al Jarreau And The Metropole Orkest - Live |
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01. My Old Friend 02. Sweet Baby 03. Bring Me Joy 04. SomeBossa (Summer Breezin’) 05. Brazilian Love Affair / Up From The Sea It Arose and Ate Rio In One Swift Bite |
06. No Rhyme, No Reason 07. Someday 08. You Touch My Brain 09. Churchyheart (Backyard Ritual) 10. Every Reason To Smile / Wings Of Love |
