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Al Jarreau's style bridges Jon Hendricks's vocalese and Bobby McFerrin's incredible flights of fancy. This CD, with Diana Krall's rhythm section--guitarist Anthony Wilson, drummer Peter Erskine, and bassist Christian McBride--should please fans of albums like Jarreau's phenomenal 1977 live LP, Look to the Rainbow. Look to the Rainbow's "I'm Beginning to See the Light" is illuminated by Larry Goldings's down-home Hammond organ, while I'm Beginning to See the Light's "Midnight Sun" bops with hip-hop-friendly rim shots. Jarreau's tenor tones curve with saxophonic dexterity and pulse with percussive precision, especially on Dizzy Gillespie's "Groovin' High," where he slyly drops in a
▸ Wikipedia
Accentuate the Positive is an album of songs from the 1940s, recorded in 2004 by singer Al Jarreau. In 2005 the album received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album.
| 1 | Cold Duck | ♡ | 3:46 | Al Jarreau / Eddie Harris |
| 2 | The Nearness of You | ♡ | 3:43 | Ned Washington / Hoagy Carmichael / Larry Williams |
| 3 | I’m Beginning to See the Light | ♡ | 4:04 | Don George / Duke Ellington / Johnny Hodges / Harry James |
| 4 | My Foolish Heart | ♡ | 5:32 | Ned Washington / Victor Young / Les Harris / Larry Williams |
| 5 | Midnight Sun | ♡ | 6:01 | Lionel Hampton / Johnny Mercer / Sonny Burke / Larry Williams |
| 6 | Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive | ♡ | 4:03 | Harold Arlen / Johnny Mercer / Larry Williams |
| 7 | Betty Bebop’s Song | ♡ | 4:16 | Larry Williams / Al Jarreau / Freddie Ravel |
| 8 | Waltz for Debby | ♡ | 4:44 | Bill Evans / Larry Williams |
| 9 | Groovin’ High | ♡ | 4:11 | Larry Williams / Al Jarreau / Dizzy Gillespie / Frank Paparelli / Charlie Parker |
| 10 | Lotus | ♡ | 5:11 | Al Jarreau / Don Grolnick / Larry Williams |
| 11 | Scootcha-Booty | ♡ | 4:26 | Al Jarreau / Russell Ferrante |
Links
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- AllMusic: https://www.allmusic.com/album/MW0000460028
Credits
Engineer — Steve Genewick Mastered By — Doug Sax, Robert Hadley Producer — Tommy LiPuma Recorded By — Al Schmitt Mixed By — Al Schmitt
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