Since I Fell For You by DrsWoodard

DrsWoodard - Since I Fell For You

DrsWoodard

Feb 23, 2024 07:05am

THE FIRST TIME I WENT OUT ON THE STAGE TO DIRECT RED SANDERS BIG BAND AT THE REGAL THEATHERIN CHICAGO FOR WALTER, I WAS SO NERVOUS I HAD AN UPSET STOMACH ATTACK, AND ALMOST COULD NOT PLAY.FOR FEAR OF MAKING A MESS ON THE STAGE, TALK ABOUT A LEAP OF FAITH... Al Jarreau<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Al_Jarreau.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Al_Jarreau.jpg/220px-Al_Jarreau.jpg" alt="Jarreau in 1997" height="311" width="220"></a>Jarreau in 1997Background informationBirth nameAlwin Lopez JarreauBornMarch 12, 1940<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milwaukee" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Milwaukee</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Wisconsin</a>, U.S.DiedFebruary 12, 2017 (aged 76)<ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Los Angeles</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">California</a>, U.S.Genres<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">R&B</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">soul</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">pop</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">jazz</a></li><li>Occupation(s)Singersongwriter</li><li>Instrument(s)Vocals<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocal_percussion" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">vocal percussion</a></li><li>Years active1961–2017Labels<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reprise_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Reprise</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Warner Bros.</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concord_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Concord</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhino_Entertainment" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Rhino</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verve_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Verve</a></li></ul>Website<a href="http://aljarreau.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Official website</a>Alwin Lopez Jarreau (March 12, 1940 – February 12, 2017) was an American singer and songwriter. His 1981 album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakin%27_Away_(album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Breakin' Away</a> spent two years on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_200" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Billboard 200</a> and is considered one of the finest examples of the Los Angeles pop and R&B sound. The album won Jarreau the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24th_Annual_Grammy_Awards" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">1982 Grammy</a> for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Male_Pop_Vocal_Performance" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Best Male Pop Vocal Performance</a>. In all, he won seven <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Grammy Awards</a> and was nominated for over a dozen more during his career.Jarreau also sang the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonlighting_(theme_song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">theme song</a> of the 1980s television series <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonlighting_(TV_series)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Moonlighting</a> and was among the performers on the 1985 charity song "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Are_the_World" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">We Are the World</a>."<h2>Early life and career[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Al_Jarreau&action=edit&section=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">edit</a>]</h2> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AlJarreauEarly1980s_(edited).jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/AlJarreauEarly1980s_%28edited%29.jpg/220px-AlJarreauEarly1980s_%28edited%29.jpg" height="150" width="220"></a>Al Jarreau during a concert in (West Germany) in early 1981Jarreau was born in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milwaukee" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Milwaukee</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Wisconsin</a>, on March 12, 1940,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jarreau#cite_note-nytobit-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[1]</a> the fifth of six children. His father Emile Alphonse Jarreau was a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventh-day_Adventist_Church" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Seventh-day Adventist Church</a> minister and singer, and his mother Pearl (Walker) Jarreau was a church pianist. Jarreau and his family sang together in church concerts and in benefits, and Jarreau and his mother performed at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parent-Teacher_Association" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">PTA</a> meetings.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jarreau#cite_note-CAO-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[2]</a>Jarreau was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student_council" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">student council</a> president and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badger_Boys_State" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Badger Boys State</a> delegate for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_High_School_(Milwaukee,_Wisconsin)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Lincoln High School</a>. At Boys State, he was elected governor.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jarreau#cite_note-BBS-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[3]</a> Jarreau went on to attend <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripon_College_(Wisconsin)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Ripon College</a>, where he also sang with a group called the Indigos. He graduated in 1962 with a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jarreau#cite_note-nytobit-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[1]</a> Two years later, in 1964, he earned a master's degree in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocational_rehabilitation" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">vocational rehabilitation</a> from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Iowa" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">University of Iowa</a>. Jarreau also worked as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rehabilitation_counseling" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">rehabilitation counselor</a> in San Francisco, and moonlighted with a jazz trio headed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Duke" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">George Duke</a>. In 1967, he joined forces with acoustic guitarist Julio Martinez.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jarreau#cite_note-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[4]</a> The duo became the star attraction at a small <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sausalito,_California" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Sausalito</a> night club called Gatsby's. This success contributed to Jarreau's decision to make professional singing his life and full-time career.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jarreau#cite_note-rootobit-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[5]</a><h2>Career[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Al_Jarreau&action=edit&section=2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">edit</a>]</h2> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Al_Jarreau_im_ICC_Berlin_1986.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Al_Jarreau_im_ICC_Berlin_1986.jpg/220px-Al_Jarreau_im_ICC_Berlin_1986.jpg" height="330" width="220"></a>1986: Jarreau in concert in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Berlin" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">West Berlin</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Al_Jarreau_Molde.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Al_Jarreau_Molde.jpg/220px-Al_Jarreau_Molde.jpg" height="147" width="220"></a>1996: Jarreau performing at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molde_International_Jazz_Festival" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Molde International Jazz Festival</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Al_Jarreau_Poland_Wroclaw_June_25_2006_Photo_Cezary_M._Kruk.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Al_Jarreau_Poland_Wroclaw_June_25_2006_Photo_Cezary_M._Kruk.jpg/220px-Al_Jarreau_Poland_Wroclaw_June_25_2006_Photo_Cezary_M._Kruk.jpg" height="148" width="220"></a>2006: Jarreau in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wroc%C5%82aw" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Wrocław</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AX_Al_Jarreau_Kiev_20081019a.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/AX_Al_Jarreau_Kiev_20081019a.jpg/220px-AX_Al_Jarreau_Kiev_20081019a.jpg" height="147" width="220"></a>2008: Jarreau in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyiv" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Kyiv</a>In 1968, Jarreau made jazz his primary occupation. In 1969, he and Martinez headed south, where Jarreau appeared at Dino's, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Troubadour_(Los_Angeles)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">The Troubadour</a>, and Bitter End West. Television exposure came from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Carson" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Johnny Carson</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Douglas" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Mike Douglas</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merv_Griffin" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Merv Griffin</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinah_Shore" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Dinah Shore</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Frost" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">David Frost</a>. He expanded his nightclub appearances, performing at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Improv" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">The Improv</a> between the acts of such rising stars as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bette_Midler" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Bette Midler</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmie_Walker" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Jimmie Walker</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Belushi" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">John Belushi</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jarreau#cite_note-6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[6]</a> During this period, he became involved with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Church_of_Religious_Science" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">United Church of Religious Science</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Scientology" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Church of Scientology</a>. Also, roughly at the same time, he began writing his own lyrics, finding that his Christian spirituality began to influence his work.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jarreau#cite_note-CAO-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[2]</a>In 1975, Jarreau was working with pianist Tom Canning when he was spotted by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Warner Bros. Records</a>. Soon he released his critically acclaimed debut album, We Got By, which catapulted him to international fame and won an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echo_Award" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Echo Award</a> (the German equivalent of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Grammys</a> in the United States). On Valentine's Day 1976 he sang on the 13th episode of NBC's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Saturday Night Live</a>, that week hosted by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Boyle" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Peter Boyle</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jarreau#cite_note-7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[7]</a> A second Echo Award would follow with the release of his second album, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glow_(Al_Jarreau_album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Glow</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jarreau#cite_note-8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[8]</a> In 1978, he won his first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Jazz_Vocal_Performance,_Male" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance</a> for his album, Look to the Rainbow.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jarreau#cite_note-milwaukeesentinel-9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[9]</a>One of Jarreau's most commercially successful albums is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakin%27_Away_(album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Breakin' Away</a> (1981), which includes the hit song "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We%27re_in_This_Love_Together" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">W</a>