In 1975, Jarreau was working with pianist Tom Canning when he was spotted by Warner Bros. Also, roughly at the same time, he began writing his own lyrics, finding that his Christian spirituality began to influence his work. During this period, he became involved with the United Church of Religious Science and the Church of Scientology. He expanded his nightclub appearances, performing at The Improv between the acts of such rising stars as Bette Midler, Jimmie Walker, and John Belushi. Television exposure came from Johnny Carson, Mike Douglas, Merv Griffin, Dinah Shore, and David Frost. In 1969, he and Martinez headed south, where Jarreau appeared at Dino's, The Troubadour, and Bitter End West. In 1968, Jarreau made jazz his primary occupation. Career 1986: Jarreau in concert in West Berlin 1996: Jarreau performing at the Molde International Jazz Festival 2006: Jarreau in Wrocław 2008: Jarreau in Kyiv
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This success contributed to Jarreau's decision to make professional singing his life and full-time career. The duo became the star attraction at a small Sausalito night club called Gatsby's. In 1967, he joined forces with acoustic guitarist Julio Martinez.
Jarreau also worked as a rehabilitation counselor in San Francisco, and moonlighted with a jazz trio headed by George Duke. Two years later, in 1964, he earned a master's degree in vocational rehabilitation from the University of Iowa. He graduated in 1962 with a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology. Jarreau went on to attend Ripon College, where he also sang with a group called the Indigos. Jarreau was student council president and Badger Boys State delegate for Lincoln High School. Jarreau and his family sang together in church concerts and in benefits, and Jarreau and his mother performed at PTA meetings. His father Emile Alphonse Jarreau was a Seventh-day Adventist Church minister and singer, and his mother Pearl (Walker) Jarreau was a church pianist. Jarreau was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on March 12, 1940, the fifth of six children.
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Jarreau also sang the theme song of the 1980s television series Moonlighting, and was among the performers on the 1985 charity song " We Are the World."Įarly life and career Al Jarreau during a concert in (West Germany) in early 1981 In all, he won seven Grammy Awards and was nominated for over a dozen more during his career. The album won Jarreau the 1982 Grammy for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.
His 1981 album Breakin' Away spent two years on the Billboard 200 and is considered one of the finest examples of the Los Angeles pop and R&B sound. Alwin Lopez Jarreau (Ma– February 12, 2017) was an American singer and musician.
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