Accentuate the Positive (Al Jarreau album)

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Accentuate the Positive
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 3, 2004
GenreJazz, Soul/Funk
Length48:37
LabelGRP Records
ProducerTommy LiPuma
Al Jarreau chronology
All I Got
(2002)
Accentuate the Positive
(2004)
Givin' It Up
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4/5 stars[1]

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[]

  1. "Cold Duck" (Eddie Harris, Jarreau) - 3:46
  2. "The Nearness of You" (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington) - 3:43
  3. "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (Duke Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges, Harry James) - 4:04
  4. "My Foolish Heart" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) - 5:32
  5. "Midnight Sun" (Lionel Hampton, Sonny Burke, Johnny Mercer) - 6:01
  6. "Accentuate the Positive" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 4:03
  7. "Betty Bebop's Song" (Jarreau, Freddie Ravel) - 4:16
  8. "Waltz for Debby" (Bill Evans, Gene Lees) - 4:44
  9. "Groovin' High" (Dizzy Gillespie, Jarreau) - 4:11
  10. "Lotus" (Don Grolnick, Jarreau) - 5:11
  11. "Scootcha Booty" (Russell Ferrante, Jarreau) - 4:26

Personnel[]

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

References[]

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