Jarreau

by Al Jarreau

Overview

Having broken through into the pop Top Ten albums with producer Jay Graydon and Breakin' Away, Jarreau had found his commercial groove, and it was potent enough to sustain him at least through the eponymously titled follow-up album. Again, strong, often self-co-composed material, and catchy, radio-friendly arrangements with lots of synthesizers would be the strong suit of this album, front-loaded by two large-scale R&B hits, the cheery "Mornin'" and the footstomping "Boogie Down," that would be part of his concert repertoire forever more ("Save Me" is also in their league). The backing comes from a coterie of L.A. pros who kick in more energy than what one would normally expect; it must be the material that fired 'em up. In other words, this is a really good R&B album, almost a great one, with the one caveat being that Jarreau's unique vocal abilities aren't remotely challenged; this could conceivably have been cut by almost any skilled R&B singer. ~ Richard S. Ginell

Product Details

Release Date:	12/16/2014
Label:	Imports
UPC:	4943674197163
Rank:	49182

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Al Jarreau   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Christine Sauers   Art Direction
Steve Porcaro   Musician
Bill Champlin   Musician
Jay Graydon   Arranger,Composer
Jeff Porcaro   Musician
John Lang   Composer
Jeremy Lubbock   Arranger,Composer
Jerry Hey   Horn Arrangements
Greg Mathieson   Arranger,Composer
Joe Reagoso   Remastering,Reissue Producer
Al Jarreau   Arranger,Composer
Tom Canning   Arranger,Composer
Richard Page   Composer,Musician
David Foster   Arranger,Composer
Michael Omartian   Arranger,Composer,Musician
Victor Feldman   Musician
Trevor Veitch   Composer
Norman Seeff   Photography
Steve Gadd   Musician
Steve George   Composer