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Al Jarreau Working
on Next Solo CD
July 5, 2008 - Seven time Grammy Award-winning vocalist and composer Al Jarreau is currently working on his next solo album, after his most recent musical work “Love songs” (a collection of some of his classics with covers of other favourites) came out in January 2008. More below. |
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His previous CD “Givin’It Up” (2006) was done with his friend star guitarist George Benson and was a great success, as the musicians won a Grammy Award for the project. However, Al Jarreau’s previous solo album “Accentuate The Positive” (2004) did not really deserve its title, as it got a lukewarm reception.
Al Jarreau is the only artist who has won Grammy Awards in three different music genres; Jazz, Pop and R&B. So we all look forward to listening to the next crossover legend singer’s CD. - By Akbar Nour
Al
Jarreau and George Benson are Givin' it Up
 September
26, 2007 - Givin
it Up unites these two masters of jazz for the
first time, featuring guest appearances from Paul
McCartney, Jill Scott, Herbie Hancock, Marcus
Miller, and Chris Botti. Read
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Al Jarreau Ready with New CD
 July 5, 2008 - Seven time Grammy Award-winning vocalist and composer Al Jarreau is currently working on his next solo album, after his most recent musical work “Love songs” (a collection of some of his classics with covers of other favourites) came out in January 2008. More. |
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Al
Jarreau Talks About His 'To Do' List
 August
5, 2004 - Al
Jarreau has just released his latest album
'Accentuate The Positive' and the singer is
taking time to take inventory on his career.
The verdict is he still has lots of things
to accomplish. The Jazz legend has already
won five Grammy's, he was awarded Verizon
Literacy Champion Award and his own star on
the Hollywood Walk Of Fame just to name a
few of his accomplishments. Jarreau is not
downplaying anything he's done but his 'to
do' list is quite large including his plans
for a future Christmas or Big Band album and
a possible duet with one of his biggest influences
Johnny Mathis. The sixty-four year old singer
has stretched his boundaries on his new album
recording the whole set live in the studio
with no overdubs or background vocals or arrangements
or strings. 'Accentuate the Positive' is just
Jarreau with piano, bass, drums and guitar.
It's truly a vocal album and it's out on Verve
Records.
Al
Jarreau Ready To 'Accentuate the Positive'
 July
6, 2004 - Al
Jarreau describes his new album 'Accentuate
the Positive' as "quite different than
any other that I have recorded." In a
statement the singer said, "All songs
were recorded live in the studio with a quartet."
Jarreau wanted a very clean feel for his new
Verve album adding "There were no string
arrangements, no background arrangements,
background vocals or overdubs, only two solo's
by harmonica and tenor sax were added after
the original sessions where I sang along with
the quartet." 'Accentuate the Positive'
will be in stores on August 5 and reunites
the singer with producer Tommy LiPuma who
worked on 1976's "Glow" and 1977's
Grammy-winning live album, "Look To The
Rainbow." Jarreau will start a small
tour on August 13.
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Jarreau Tour Dates: |
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August
2004
13 - Long Beach, CA - Long Beach Festival
14 - Las Vegas, NV - Boulder Station
Casino
15 - Phoenix, AZ - Celebrity Theater
20 - New York, NY - Central Park
21, 22 - Washington, DC - Warner Theatre
27 - Atlanta, GA - Chastain Park Amphitheatre
28 - Asheville, NC - Biltmore Estate |
September
2004
10 - Saratoga, CA - Montalvo Center
October
2004
1 - El Cajon, CA - Performing Arts
Center
2 - Palm Springs, CA - McCallum Theatre |
Al
Jarreau Goes For Simple Production On New
Album
March
16, 2004 - This could be good news for Al
Jarreau fans - more vocals. The Grammy
winning vocalist plans a more simple clean
production on his next album that should
really highlight his voice. The album due
August 3rd will also go in a more traditional
Jazz direction. Here's what Jarreau said
on his official revamped website www.aljarreau.com
" Just
a few words for now about the new CD. It
is so new that we still haven't come up
with a title for it. We're hoping for a
spring or summer release of 2004. This new
CD is quite different than any other that
I have recorded. Simplicity and sparseness
was the first and last commandment for this
project. All songs were recorded live in
the studio with a quartet. There was no
string arrangements, no background arrangements,
background vocals or overdubs, only two
solo's by on harmonica and tenor sax were
added after the original sessions where
I sang along with the quartet. The quartet
includes piano, bass, drums and guitar.
I'll list the songs in a moment but in effect
what we did was to select some classic standards,
some jazz standards and added two original
pieces. We allowed those classic compositions
to lead us to new but simple arrangements
of themselves. I sang more differently than
ever!"
Here
is the list of songs on my forthcoming new
album.
Cold Duck, The Nearness
of You, I'm Beginning to See the Light,
My Foolish Heart, The
Midnight Sun, Accentuate the Positive, Betty
Bee Bop's Song, Waltz for Debbie, Groovin'
High, Lotus Flower and Scootch-a-Bootie.
Al
Jarreau Has the Tale For A Great Country
Tune
June
20, 2003 - It would make a good hurtin'
tune. That's Al Jarreau's reaction to his
recent back problems take took him out of
commission for months. The singer had to
have surgery last fall and placing a titanium
plate and a cadaver bone in his upper back.
Jarreau recently joked with the press saying
his first country song would go like, "Titanium
plate and a cadaver bone, don't tell me
I'm all alone." Before the operation
Jarreau says the problem took his balance
away and caused great pain in his arms and
shoulder.
Al
Jarreau Returns After Back Surgery
June
5, 2003 - Smooth Jazz superstar Al Jarreau
wants to thank all his fans for their warm
wishes during his recovery from back surgery
last September. Jarreau also credits "the
music" for helping him bounce back
so quickly even though for a while he thought
he may have returned too soon. Five weeks
after the surgery Jarreau was back on stage,
"I was going: 'I think I can, I think
I can.' And down around week four I was
going, 'Aw, I know I can. I'm gonna be OK."
Jarreau is in the process of rescheduling
dates that were cancelled last year. Jarreau
will headline the Verizon Music Festival
with dates in New York City, Tampa, Washington
D.C. and Los Angeles. The singer has been
Verizon's Literacy Champion for the past
year raising funds to bring awareness to
the problem of low literacy in America.
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Jarreau Verizon Dates: |
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Verizon
Music Festival
New York City, May 15 - 18
Verizon
Music Festival
Tampa Bay, June 11 - 14 |
Verizon
Music Festival
Washington, D.C., June 27 - 29
Verizon
Music Festival
Los Angeles, July 24 - 27 |
Al
Jarreau To Champion Literacy Campaign
Al
Jarreau, the Grammy Award-winning jazz musician
who is a headliner for the Verizon Music
Festival, is jazzing things up with the
rhythm of reading by becoming a Verizon
Literacy Champion.
Three
concerts -- in New York City's Battery
Park on Sept. 21, 2002; Los Angeles' Wadsworth
Theater on Oct. 4, 2002; and Tampa Bay's
Coachman Park on Nov. 2, 2002 -- will
benefit NYC Reads, Southern California
Reads and Tampa Bay Reads literacy programs
through book donations and contributions.
Be sure to look for Jarreau's Literacy
Champion poster at these concerts.
In
addition, a portion of the proceeds from
Jarreau's new album, All I Got, will go
to Verizon Reads, our literacy charity.
The album is scheduled to be released
in mid-September 2002.
Jarreau
will also spend time with children in
each of the concert cities, sharing and
reading the book Charlie Parker Played
Be Bop by Chris Raschka. Scholastic, a
national partner of Verizon's Literacy
Champion program, publishes this book
and will donate the books given out by
Jarreau.
Jarreau's
musical influence lends itself well to
the ties literacy has with music. Students
in music programs typically have a higher
grade-point average than students in the
same school who don't study music. And
research reveals that learning to play
an instrument enhances the skills necessary
for reading, such as concentration, listening,
anticipation and memorization.
Music
fans can support this literacy effort
by purchasing Jarreau's newest CD, All
I Got, or attending one of these Verizon
Music Festival concerts and donating a
book. ( from the official Verizon web
site)
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8, 2004 - Looks like the sun won't set any
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