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Al Jarreau, The Baylor Project, Abbey Lincoln, Tyreek McDole and More
by Jua Howard
Hey Music Family! I hope the new year is treating you well. It's time for another episode of the “First Instrument Jazz Show." !'ve got more timeless music including from Al Jarreau, The Baylor Project, Tyreek McDole, Abbey Lincoln, Umoja Jazz Ensemble, Laurin Talese and many more. Come get lost in the music with me! Playlist Intro 00:00 The Baylor Project feat. Jamison Ross “Only Believe" from Generations (Be a Light) 2:36 John Clay feat. Ruby Pucillo “Alice ...
Continue ReadingAl Jarreau: Wow! Live at the Childe Harold
by Angelo Leonardi
Ecco un'altra brillante scoperta dal produttore Zev Feldman. Una registrazione inedita dell'agosto 1976, che documenta un concerto di Al Jarreau in un localino di Washington, il Childe Harold. Diciamo subito che la performance è intensa e trascinante, una delle migliori tra le sue registrazioni. Jarreau aveva 36 anni, era nel pieno della sua maturità di interprete eclettico, capace di restare in equilibrio tra jazz e soul feeling, incline a disinvolte sperimentazioni vocali. Il suo inventivo scat singing richiamava ...
Continue ReadingAl Jarreau, Camilla Battaglia, Jenny Scheinman, Peter Lenz, Spinifex
by Ludovico Granvassu
Enjoy a playlist featuring musicians that make their vocal cords, or their instruments, or their ensembles, sing (or scream).Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Al Jarreau “You Don't See Me" Wow--Live at the Childe Harold (Resonance) 0:16 Host talks 8:09 Al Jarreau & NDR Bigband “Drop Me off in Harlem" Ellington (Live) (ACT) 10:42 Host talks 14:17 Peter Lenz “Breathe (Full Orchestra)" Breathe (gambsART) 16:19 Jenny Scheinman “All ...
Continue ReadingAl Jarreau: Wow: Live at the Childe Harold
by Mark Corroto
Al Jarreau gained nationwide recognition with the theme to the 1985 hit television show “Moonlighting," which starred Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis. He also had a chart-topping single “We're In This Love Together." Before he was a pop star, R&B singer, and a successful cross-over artist, Al Jarreau was the purest of jazz talents. He gained recognition with his breakthrough record Look To The Rainbow: Live In Europe (Warner Bros., 1977). Jarreau was part Jon Hendricks and part Sly Stone. ...
Continue ReadingAl Jarreau, Pharoah Sanders, Roy Hargrove, MOMO., NIKARA Presents Black Wall Street, And More
by Tony Poole
Tony Poole selects his favourite new releases and pre-releases on this special extend edition featuring worldwide jazz groove. Playlist Al Jarreau “Take Five" from Wow! Live in Performance at the Childe Harold, August 1976 (Resonance Records) 00:00 Calibro 35 “Nautilus" from Jazzploitation (Record Kicks) 10:55 Low Poly Cactus “Weird Shrubs" single (Self Produced) 15:27 Goldbar “Gravity" ft. Victoria Port from Gravity (independent) 23:07 Edgar Van Asselt “Profetas Falsas" from Celebracao! (Left to Right Music) 27:54 Marcelo Frota aka ...
Continue ReadingAl Jarreau, Norma Winstone, Thandi Ntuli and More
by Jua Howard
Welcome Music Family! It's time for another heartfelt episode of the “First Instrument Jazz Show"! I've got a great show in store for you this week including a lot of new music from artists such as Norma Winstone, Zack Foley, Suzanne Pittson, and Eric Hollaway; and plenty more timeless music from artists such as Billie Holiday, Thandi Ntuli, JD Walter, Charenee Wade and Al Jarreau. Come get lost in the music with me! Playlist Intro 00:00 Charenee Wade ...
Continue ReadingAl Jarreau holds forth on the art of singing, the decline of radio and the glory of the great American songbook
by Jim Trageser
Note: This interview with Al Jarreau was originally published in 2004 on Turbula.net. Any doubts that Al Jarreau was born to sing are quickly dispensed with by a simple conversation with the man--he is incapable of holding forth on the topic of music without dipping into the subject at hand. Not ten minutes into a phone interview, Jarreau is scatting through a passage from a classic bop song of the 1960s, pointing out how the chord ...
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