00 - Al Jarreau - Glow.nfo
With his second album, Al Jarreau makes an unexpected and somewhat disappointing transition. We Got By served notice that he is a unique vocal stylist, able to draw on jazz, gospel and straight pop influences and improvise like an instrumentalist while retaining an identifying sound and personality. On Glow, he is no longer an impressive newcomer. Now he is a master vocalist in search of a distinctive musical environment.
The problem is production. Al Schmitt and Tommy LiPuma are capable organizers for dates like George Benson's Breezin, but Jarreau disdains orchestral backup and his voice is too grainy and bracing for the sleek, undistinguished small-group tracks
he is working with here. And just because Benson scored with Leon Russell's "Masquerade" doesn't mean that Jarreau has to sing Russell too. In fact, the nonoriginal tune choices here are atrocious. Even though Jarreau turns James Taylor's "Fire and Rain" into a storefront sermon and strives mightily to obliterate the bland homily of John/Taupin's "Your Song," his own compositions are so much more suitable that Glow borders on musical schizophrenia.
Jarreau needs an adventurous producer who can balance his drive for pop acceptance with a selection of songs and settings which will enhance his individuality rather than trying to bury it. If Warner Bros. wises up and puts him together with a musician/producer on the order of Herbie Hancock or Joe Zawinul, the result is sure to be a fusion milestone and, very probably, a sales success as well
Tracklist:
A1 Rainbow In Your Eyes 3:04
Arranged By [Vocals] - Nick DeCaro
Bass - Wilton Felder
Drums - Joe Correro
Electric Piano - Tom Canning
Guitar - Larry Carlton
Percussion - Steve Forman
Synthesizer, Synthesizer [String Ensemble] - Larry Nash
Written-By - Leon Russell
A2 Your Song 5:37
Bass - Willie Weeks
Drums - Joe Correro
Electric Piano - Tom Canning
Guitar - Larry Carlton
Piano [Acoustic] - Joe Sample
Written-By - Elton John-Bernie Taupin*
A3 Agua De Beber 3:47
Bass - Wilton Felder
Drums - Joe Correro
Electric Piano - Tom Canning
Guitar - Larry Carlton
Percussion - Steve Forman
Written-By - Jobim* , Gimbel* , DeMoraes*
A4 Have You Seen The Child 3:52
Bass - Wilton Felder
Drums - Joe Correro
Electric Piano - Tom Canning
Guitar - Larry Carlton
Organ - Joe Sample
Tambourine - Steve Forman
Written-By - Al Jarreau
A5 Hold On Me 1:52
Written-by, Vocals, Effects [All] - Al Jarreau
B1 Fire And Rain 4:45
Bass - Willie Weeks
Drums - Joe Correro
Electric Piano - Tom Canning
Guitar - Larry Carlton
Percussion - Ralph MacDonald
Piano [Acoustic] - Joe Sample
Written-By - James Taylor (2)
B2 Somebody's Watching You 3:53
Bass - Willie Weeks
Drums - Joe Correro
Electric Piano - Tom Canning
Guitar - Larry Carlton
Percussion - Ralph MacDonald
Synthesizer - Larry Nash
Written-By - Sylvester Stewart
B3 Milwaukee 4:52
Bass - Paul Stallworth
Drums - Joe Correro
Electric Piano - Tom Canning
Guitar - Larry Carlton
Percussion - Ralph MacDonald
Written-By - Al Jarreau
B4 Glow 4:33
Bass - Willie Weeks
Drums - Joe Correro
Electric Piano - Tom Canning
Guitar - Larry Carlton
Percussion - Ralph MacDonald
Written-By - Al Jarreau
Credits:
Arranged By [Strings, Synthesizer], Conductor - Dale Oehler
Design - Cabalka Studio
Engineer [Assistant] - Don Henderson , Linda Tyler
Mastered By - Doug Sax
Photography - Moshe Braka , Sue
Producer - Al Schmitt , Tommy LiPuma
Notes
Recorded at Sound Labs & Capitol Recording Studios, Hollywood, February & May 1976
Mixed at Capitol Recording Studios - May 1976
A Reprise Recording distributed by WEA Records Ltd.
℗&© 1976
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