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Al Jarreau: Wow! Live at the Childe Harold

Read "Wow! Live at the Childe Harold" reviewed 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 ...

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Al Jarreau: Wow: Live at the Childe Harold

Read "Wow: Live at the Childe Harold" reviewed 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. ...

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