Al Jarreau
Al Jarreau
Alwin "Al" Lopez Jarreauis an American jazz singer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJazz Singer
Date of Birth12 March 1940
CityMilwaukee, WI
CountryUnited States of America
I've got an odometer on my voice that has out-odometered an odometer on an automobile.
jon music touched
I'm touched by Jon Hendricks. I want some of my music to reflect that. And when I write, you're going to hear it.
intrinsic saved truly work
I'm saved every day by the intrinsic value of the work I do, which I truly enjoy.
brown james love music reflect sly stevie
I love Sly Stone and James Brown and Stevie Wonder, and I want my music to reflect some of that.
love ways
I love connecting with the audience, and there's more ways than one to do that.
I have been with the record company and Tommy was there doing records with other people.
inspired kinds players
I am inspired by all kinds of players and singers.
summer brother night
I kind of knew something was going on, and my older brothers and sisters were singing be-boppish kinds of stuff in the living room, and I was listening. I started singing, warmer than a summer night, at seven or eight years old.
littles berries chuck
I watched Elvis Presley become - I listened to Elvis Presley. I watched Chuck Berry become. I listened to Little Richard. I heard that music, and it was part of my upbringing.
garden years piano
I did a concert at five years old in the garden of one of the church members, and we raised some money to buy a new piano in our little church.
jesus son blood
I was age six or seven, and singing, "Jesus wants me for her son, beep, to shine for him," and people smiled and pinched my cheeks till the blood vessels broke, and I knew I was doing something right.
folks life-and-time
I came here with something in me that I inherited from my folks. So I'm going to do something called life and times.
mother dad piano
I sat on the piano bench next to my mother in church. Something happened before I set foot on this planet. I was crawling around inside of her. She was a church pianist. My dad was a brilliant singer. I was hearing it.
couple eight giving
I discovered is that I have a couple of valves that were leaky and had been giving, gave me a problem then. But I hadn't noticed anything up until then.A couple of incidents of shortness of breath and checked myself into a hospital, but that one in France really sat me down for a few minutes - a very few minutes, because seven days later I was in the studio, and eight days later, I was no the stage.