Artist.......: Al Jarreau
Album........: Au Festival Jazz α Vienne
Label........: n/a
Genre........: Jazz
Catnr........: n/a
Source.......: DVBS
Rip.date.....: 2011-12-18
Str.date.....: 2011-07-13
Quality......: 200kbps/48.0kHz/Joint Stereo
Url..........: http://www.aljarreau.com/
track title time
1. Au Festival Jazz α Vienne 74:01
* Tsave Me
* Look To The Rainbow
* You Don't See Me
* We Got By
* High Crime
* How Do You Heal A Broken Heart
* This Time
* We're In This Love Together
* She's Leavin' Home
* Mornin'
* Spain
Runtime 74:01
Size 106.10
Release Notes:
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, WI, on
March 12, 1940. The son of a vicar, he earned his first performing experience
singing in the church choir. After receiving his master's 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.
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.