Album

Accentuate The Positive

Al Jarreau

2004 · Jazz, Funk / Soul

Rare pressing on Gatefold

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Accentuate The Positive by Al Jarreau

Accentuate The Positive is a Jazz album by Al Jarreau, originally released in 2004. On Gatefold: 16 pressings tracked.

About

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 few words from the old show tune, "Whispering." --Eugene Holley, Jr.

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Tracklist

  1. 1Cold Duck3:46
  2. 2The Nearness Of You3:43
  3. 3I'm Beginning To See The Light4:04
  4. 4My Foolish Heart5:32
  5. 5Midnight Sun6:01
  6. 6Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive4:03
  7. 7Betty Beop's Song4:16
  8. 8Waltz For Debby4:44
  9. 9Groovin' High4:11
  10. 10Lotus5:11
  11. 11Scootcha-Booty4:26

Sound DNA

  • Jazz
  • Soul Jazz
  • stripped-back
  • earnest
  • confessional

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Rare pressing on Gatefold · 16 pressings tracked on Gatefold

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