jarreau-mornin_s

Al Jarreau, RIP

jarreau

Great jazz, pop, and R&B vocalist Al Jarreau has died at age 76. He had been in the hospital for two weeks due to exhaustion. From The New York Times:

A preacher’s son, Mr. Jarreau started singing in public as a boy but did not begin a full-time musical career until the late 1960s, when he was nearly 30. Before that, he had worked as a psychologist and rehabilitation counselor.

By the 1970s he had became a widely popular jazz singer, touring extensively and appearing often on television. Critics praised his supple voice, his improvisational skill and, in particular, his virtuosic ability to produce an array of vocalizations, ranging from delicious nonsense to clicks and growls to quasi-instrumental sounds.

Over time, Mr. Jarreau’s work — both his singing and his original compositions — came to incorporate elements of pop, folk, soul, gospel, rhythm and blues and Latin music. The result was a highly accessible, intensely personal and commercially successful style that defied easy genre classification.

Weather permitting you may want to go dance up on the roof in tribute. Al, you will be missed. Rest in peace.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8zd3I9RFzk

Categories: