Product Description
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. Duke Ellington's "I'm Beginning to See the Light" is illuminated by Larry Goldings's down-home Hammond organ, while Lionel Hampton'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.
- Track Listings : Disc 1
- Cold Duck
- The Nearness Of You
- I'm Beginning To See The Light
- My Foolish Heart
- Midnight Sun
- Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive
- Betty Bebop's Song
- Waltz For Debby
- Groovin' High
- Lotus
- Scootcha-Booty
