Accentuate the Positive (album)
Accentuate the Positive | |
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Studio album by Al Jarreau | |
Released | 2004 |
Label | GRP Records |
Producer | Tommy LiPuma |
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Accentuate the Positive is an album of songs from the 1940s, recorded in 2004 by singer Al Jarreau.[2] In 2005 the album received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album.
Track listing
- "Cold Duck" (Eddie Harris, Jarreau)
- "The Nearness of You" (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington)
- "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (Duke Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges, Harry James)
- "My Foolish Heart" (Ned Washington, Victor Young)
- "Midnight Sun" (Lionel Hampton, Sonny Burke, Johnny Mercer)
- "Accentuate the Positive" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer)
- "Betty Bebop's Song" (Jarreau, Freddie Ravel)
- "Waltz for Debby" (Bill Evans, Gene Lees)
- "Groovin' High" (Dizzy Gillespie, Jarreau)
- "Lotus" (Don Grolnick, Jarreau)
- "Scootcha Booty" (Russell Ferrante, Jarreau)
Personnel
- Al Jarreau – vocals
- Keith Anderson – saxophone
- Larry Williams – keyboards and arrangements
- Russell Ferrante – piano
- Larry Goldings – Hammond B-3 organ
- Tollak Ollestad – harmonica
- Anthony Wilson – guitar
- Christian McBride – bass
- Dave Carpenter – bass
- Mark Simmons – drums
- Peter Erskine – drums
- Luis Conte – percussion
References
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