Accentuate the Positive (Al Jarreau album)
Introduction '''''Accentuate the Positive''''' is an album of songs from the 1940s, recorded in 2004 by singer Al Jarreau. In 2005 the album received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album.
Track listing # "Cold Duck" (Eddie Harris, Jarreau) - 3:46# "The Nearness of You" (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington) - 3:43# "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (Duke Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges, Harry James) - 4:04# "My Foolish Heart" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) - 5:32# "Midnight Sun" (Lionel Hampton, Sonny Burke, Johnny Mercer) - 6:01# "Accentuate the Positive" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 4:03# "Betty Bebop's Song" (Jarreau, Freddie Ravel) - 4:16# "Waltz for Debby" (Bill Evans, Gene Lees) - 4:44# "Groovin' High" (Dizzy Gillespie, Jarreau) - 4:11# "Lotus" (Don Grolnick, Jarreau) - 5:11# "Scootcha Booty" (Russell Ferrante, Jarreau) - 4:26
Personnel * Al Jarreau – vocals* Larry Williams – keyboards and arrangements (2, 4, 5–10)* Larry Goldings – Hammond B3 organ (3)* Russell Ferrante – acoustic piano (11)* Anthony Wilson – guitars* Christian McBride – bass (1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10)* Dave Carpenter – bass (4, 7, 11)* Mark Simmons – drums (1, 5, 6)* Peter Erskine – drums (2, 3, 4, 7–11)* Luis Conte – percussion (1, 4, 6, 10)* Keith Anderson – tenor saxophone (1, 6)* Tollak Ollestad – harmonica (5)
Production * Producer – Tommy LiPuma* Executive Producer and Management – Bill Darlington* Production Coordinator – Shari Sutcliffe* Recorded and Mixed by Al Schmitt at Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA). * Assistant Engineer – Steve Genewick* Mastered by Doug Sax and Robert Hadley at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, CA). * Art Direction – Hollis King* Design – Rika Ichiki* Photography – Rocky Schenck* Liner Notes – Al Jarreau
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