Al Jarreau
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Al Jarreau: We Got By (Reprise)
Review by Cliff White, New Musical Express, 1 November 1975
HERE WE have a black singer/songwriter who's into heavy introspective lyrics which he puts across in a distinctly original manner. We'll get to his singing ...
It's a bit early for New Year predictions, but here's one: Al Jarreau
Report and Interview by Vivien Goldman, Sounds, 13 December 1975
TO EVERYONE who's raved over Al Jarreau's Warner Bros album, We Got By, the identity of the man has remained an enigma that demanded solution. ...
California Soul Hits The Big Apple
Live Review by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, 6 April 1976
A special report by David Nathan on the on-stage and behind-the-scenes activities at Warner Brothers' special "California Soul" series of concerts during end of February ...
Look Out, Al Jarreau's On His Way
Interview by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, 6 April 1976
IT SEEMS like but a short time since we last spoke to a talented gentleman who has been hailed by many of his peers and ...
Al Jarreau: Jarreau Gig At La Coupole Goes Molto Bene
Report and Interview by Cliff White, New Musical Express, 10 April 1976
"THERE'S NO reason for my deserving this interview any more than the man out there pouring drinks, except that I try to say something through ...
Al Jarreau: Ronnie Scott's, London
Live Review by Vivien Goldman, Sounds, 17 April 1976
RIGHT NOW I'm reaching for the ol' Thesaurus, trying to find an original way of saying "unique new talent explodes like a comet on the ...
Al Jarreau: A Man And His Laundry
Interview by Vivien Goldman, Sounds, 1 May 1976
"IT DON'T make no moth a fugging difference what happens to me, Going to be there in my own time, in my own way..."– Al ...
Profile by Vernon Gibbs, The Village Voice, 18 October 1976
THE LINES that stretched around the block welcoming Al Jarreau to his second New York appearance at the Bottom Line were evidence to his devotees ...
Al Jarreau: Look To The Rainbow — Live
Review by Paul Rambali, New Musical Express, 18 June 1977
OF THE twelve songs here, four are from his first two albums, two are throwaway versions of show-tunes and the remaining six are new material. ...
Interview by Radio Pete, Rocky Mountain Musical Express, September 1977
AL JARREAU leaps on stage wearing a Schlitz T-shirt (a nod to his Milwaukee roots) and with the graceful assistance of his hot Jazz quartet, ...
Al Jarreau: Days Of Future Past...
Interview by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, 30 January 1979
Since the release of his debut album three years ago, Al Jarreau has firmly established himself as a creative talent of the first order. He ...
Interview by Steve Bloom, Downbeat, February 1982
The sound is metallic and airy and generally reminiscent of a flute, but there is no flute. The next sound thumps and bomps like a ...
Al Jarreau: Jarreau (Warner Bros.)
Review by J.D. Considine, Musician, July 1983
ALTHOUGH POP has always seemed Al Jarreau's destiny, his disposition toward jazz kept getting in the way. It wasn't so much that Jarreau bopped when ...
Al Jarreau: Wembley Arena, London
Live Review by Mick Brown, Guardian Unlimited, 28 November 1984
IF YOU are surprised to learn that Al Jarreau — who only a few years ago could comfortably accommodate his following in Ronnie Scott's — ...
Al Jarreau: Has The Adult Contemporary Songwriter Eclipsed The Jazz Singer?
Interview by Mark Rowland, Musician, January 1985
FOUR JARREAU brothers grew up in Milwaukee. They all sang. Three still live there. "My older brother had a fine tenor voice," Al recalls. "The ...
Al Jarreau: Moving Heaven and Earth
Interview by Jeff Lorez, Blues & Soul, 30 June 1992
A four year gap in between albums has caused Al Jarreau to carefully re-evaluate his career. The conclusions made and actions undertaken as shown on ...
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