Al Jarreau – Take Five
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December 23, 2017
Artist: Al Jarreau Tune: Take Five This video captures the greatness of Al Jarreau.
Artist: Al Jarreau Tune: Take Five This video captures the greatness of Al Jarreau.
Artist: Al Jarreau Tune: Roof Garden For the last several weeks, I have been celebrating the life of Al Jarreau. So, I have been slowly counting down (in the wrong order) my favorite Al Jarreau tunes. Since I fell for you Wee B DoinIt Better Than Anything Spain At #5 I put Roof Garden. Al Jarreau had an amazing voice that was meant for Jazz. He or his people really, really wanted Al to be top 10 hitmaster. Al had several minor hits but nothing that busted the charts. Breakin’ Away was his most commercial/crossover album. It was released in 1981.
So, I have been slowly counting down (in the wrong order) my favorite Al Jarreau tunes. Since I fell for you Wee B DoinIt Better Than Anything Now, for #4 https://youtu.be/vybUXUhhjdA Artist: Al Jarreau Tune: Spain (Live) Although I really like the live version (too much Steve Gadd on drums and not enough Al singing), I love the album version. You can feel the full range of Al’s voice in this tune. He hits the rapid fire notes – I can remember the rain in the December the leaves are brown on the ground. Damn that’s just great. You also have
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