Al Jarreau

{{Short description|American singer (1940–2017)}} {{Use American English|date=December 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2019}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Al Jarreau | image = Al Jarreau.jpg | caption = Jarreau in 1997 | birth_name = Alwin Lopez Jarreau | birth_date = {{Birth date|1940|3|12}} | birth_place = Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2017|02|12|1940|03|12}} | death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| education = Ripon College | genre = {{hlist|R&B|soul|pop||jazz}} | instrument = {{hlist|Vocals|vocal percussion}} | occupation = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter}} | years_active = 1961–2017 | label = {{hlist|Reprise|Warner Bros.||Concord|Rhino|Verve}} | website = {{Official website|aljarreau.com/}} }}

'''Alwin Lopez Jarreau''' (March 12, 1940 – February 12, 2017) was an American singer. His 1981 album ''Breakin' Away'' spent two years on the ''Billboard'' 200 and is considered one of the finest examples of the Los Angeles pop and R&B sound. The album won Jarreau the 1982 Grammy for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. In all, he won ten Grammy Awards and was nominated 19 other times during his career.

Jarreau also sang the theme song of the 1980s television series ''Moonlighting'' and was among the performers on the 1985 charity song "We Are the World".

==Early life and career== [[Image:AlJarreauEarly1980s (edited).jpg|thumb|Al Jarreau during a concert at the Philipshalle, Düsseldorf, in early 1981]] Jarreau was born in Milwaukee on March 12, 1940,<ref name="nytobit">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/12/arts/music/al-jarreau-singer-who-spanned-jazz-pop-and-rb-worlds-dies-at-76.html|title=Al Jarreau, Singer Who Spanned Jazz, Pop and R&B Worlds, Dies at 76 |first=Margalit |last=Fox |author-link=Margalit Fox |newspaper=The New York Times |page=B5 |date=February 12, 2017}}</ref> the fifth of six children. His father Emile Alphonse Jarreau was a Seventh-day Adventist Church 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 PTA meetings.<ref name="CAO">{{cite web |title=Contemporary Authors Online: Biography Resource Center |location=Farmington Hills, Mich |website=Gale |year=2009 |url=http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC}}</ref>

Jarreau was student council president and Badger Boys State delegate for Lincoln High School. At Boys State, he was elected governor.<ref name="BBS">{{cite web |url=http://www.badgerboysstate.com/governors/ |title=Badger Boys State Governors |website=Badger Boys State |access-date=February 15, 2017 |archive-date=July 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723115713/http://www.badgerboysstate.com/governors/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Jarreau went on to attend Ripon College, where he also sang with a group called the Indigos. He graduated in 1962 with a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology.<ref name="nytobit" /> Two years later, in 1964, he earned a master's degree in vocational rehabilitation from the University of Iowa. Jarreau also worked as a rehabilitation counselor in San Francisco, and moonlighted with a jazz trio headed by George Duke. In 1967, he joined forces with acoustic guitarist Julio Martinez.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aljarreau.com/about |title=Al Jarreau Biography |website=aljarreau.com |date=August 7, 2009 |access-date=February 14, 2017}}</ref> The duo became the star attraction at a small Sausalito nightclub called Gatsby's. This success contributed to Jarreau's decision to make professional singing his life and full-time career.<ref name="rootobit">{{cite web |url=http://www.theroot.com/al-jarreau-a-unique-musical-stylist-dead-at-76-1792272875 |title=Al Jarreau, a Unique Musical Stylist, Dead at 76 |first=Monée |last=Fields-White |website=The Root |date=February 12, 2017}}</ref>

==Career== [[Image:Al Jarreau im ICC Berlin 1986.jpg|thumb|1986: Jarreau in concert in West Berlin]] [[Image:Al Jarreau Molde.jpg|thumb|1996: Jarreau performing at the Molde International Jazz Festival]] [[Image:Al Jarreau Poland Wroclaw June 25 2006 Photo Cezary M. Kruk.jpg|thumb|2006: Jarreau in Wrocław]] [[Image:AX Al Jarreau Kiev 20081019a.jpg|thumb|2008: Jarreau in Kyiv]] In 1968, Jarreau made jazz his primary occupation. In 1969, he and Martinez headed south, where Jarreau appeared at Dino's, The Troubadour, and Bitter End West. Television exposure came from Johnny Carson, Mike Douglas, Merv Griffin, Dinah Shore, and David Frost. He expanded his nightclub appearances, performing at The Improv between the acts of such rising stars as Bette Midler, Jimmie Walker, and John Belushi.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hollywoodinvienna.com/en/people/al-jarreau |title=Al Jarreau Biography |website=Hollywood in Vienna |access-date=February 15, 2017}}</ref> During this period, he became involved with the United Church of Religious Science and the Church of Scientology. Also, roughly at the same time, he began writing his own lyrics, finding that his Christian spirituality began to influence his work.<ref name="CAO"/>

In 1975, Jarreau was working with pianist Tom Canning when he was spotted by Warner Bros. Records. Soon he released his critically acclaimed debut album, ''We Got By'', which catapulted him to international fame and won an Echo Award (the German equivalent of the Grammys in the United States). On Valentine's Day 1976, he sang "We Got By" from his debut album and "Somebody's Watching You" from his yet to be released "Glow" on the 13th episode of NBC's ''Saturday Night Live'', that week hosted by Peter Boyle.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tv.com/shows/saturday-night-live/peter-boyle-al-jarreau-the-shapiro-sisters-111410/ |title=Saturday Night Live: Peter Boyle/Al Jarreau, The Shapiro Sisters |website=TV.com |access-date=February 15, 2017}}</ref> A second Echo Award would follow with the release of his second album, ''Glow''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jazztage-dresden.de/de/kuenstler/kuenstlerdetail/al_jarreau/ |title=Al Jarreau Vocals |website=Jazztage Dresden |language=de |access-date=February 15, 2017}}</ref> In 1978, he won his first Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance for his album, ''Look to the Rainbow''.<ref name=milwaukeesentinel>{{cite news |title=Jarreau wins Jazz Grammy |newspaper=Milwaukee Sentinel |date=February 24, 1978}}</ref>

One of Jarreau's most commercially successful albums is ''Breakin' Away'' (1981), which includes the hit song "We're in This Love Together". He won the 1982 Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for ''Breakin' Away''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/5c54/ |title=Al Jarreau Breakin' Away Review |publisher=BBC |access-date=February 15, 2017}}</ref> In 1983 he released ''Jarreau''. It was his third consecutive No. 1 album on the Billboard Jazz charts, while also placing at No. 4 on the R&B albums chart and No. 13 on the Billboard 200. The album contained three hit singles: "Mornin'" (U.S. Pop No. 21, AC No. 2 for three weeks), "Boogie Down" (U.S. Pop No. 77) and "Trouble in Paradise" (U.S. Pop No. 63, AC No. 10). In 1984 the album received four Grammy Award nominations, including for Jay Graydon as Producer of the Year (Non-Classical).

In 1984, his single "After All" reached No. 69 on the US Hot 100 chart and No. 26 on the R&B chart. His last big hit was the Grammy-nominated theme to the 1980s American television show ''Moonlighting'', for which he wrote the lyrics. Among other things, he was well known for his extensive use of scat singing (for which he was called "Acrobat of Scat"<ref name="wpobit"/>), and vocal percussion. He was also a featured vocalist on USA for Africa's "We Are the World" in which he sang the line, "...and so we all must lend a helping hand." Another charitable media event, HBO's Comic Relief, featured him in a duet with Natalie Cole singing the song "Mr. President", written by Joe Sterling, Mike Loveless, and Ray Reach.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://focusvi.com/?p=23447 |title=Unforgettable Natalie Cole |first1=Robert |last1=Yancy |first2=Timolin |last2=Cole |first3=Casey |last3=Cole |website=Focus VI |date=January 12, 2016 |access-date=February 13, 2017 |archive-date=February 14, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214004828/http://focusvi.com/?p=23447 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Jarreau took an extended break from recording in the 1990s. As he explained in an interview with ''Jazz Review'': "I was still touring, in fact, I toured more than I ever had in the past, so I kept in touch with my audience. I got my symphony program under way, which included my music and that of other people too, and I performed on the Broadway production of ''Grease''. I was busier than ever! For the most part, I was doing what I have always done... perform live. I was shopping for a record deal and was letting people know that there is a new album coming. I was just waiting for the right label (Verve), but I toured more than ever."<ref>{{cite interview|url=http://www.jazzreview.com/articledetails.cfm?ID=1037 |first=Al |last=Jarreau |interviewer=Ron Miller |title=All I Got |work=Jazz Review |access-date=February 13, 2017 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060106110300/http://www.jazzreview.com/articledetails.cfm?ID=1037 |archive-date=January 6, 2006 }}</ref> In 2003, Jarreau and conductor Larry Baird collaborated on symphony shows around the United States, with Baird arranging additional orchestral material for Jarreau's shows.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-release/al-jarreau-joins-the-kalamazoo-symphony-orchestra-saturday-february-27-2016-419414.php |title=Al Jarreau joins the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra Saturday February 27, 2016 |website=24–7 Press Release |access-date=February 15, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2012/10/01/concert-review-al-jarreau-and-the-cleveland-orchestra-at-severance-hall |title=Concert Review: Al Jarreau and the Cleveland Orchestra at Severance Hall |first=Frank |last=Kuznik |journal=Cleveland Scene |date=October 1, 2012 |issn=1064-6116}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://labaird.com/bio.html |title=Larry Baird Biography |access-date=February 15, 2017 |archive-date=November 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104114621/http://labaird.com/bio.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Jarreau toured and performed with Joe Sample, Chick Corea, Kathleen Battle, Miles Davis, George Duke, David Sanborn<ref name="Inc.1985">{{cite magazine|title=Box Score Top Grossing Concerts|magazine=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4yQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT48|date=June 1, 1985|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=48–|issn=0006-2510}}</ref> Rick Braun, and George Benson. He also performed the role of the Teen Angel in a 1996 Broadway production of ''Grease.'' On March 6, 2001, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, at 7083 Hollywood Boulevard on the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and La Brea Avenue.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/singer-al-jarreau-poses-with-his-star-on-the-hollywood-walk-news-photo/827831#singer-al-jarreau-poses-with-his-star-on-the-hollywood-walk-of-fame-picture-id827831 |title=Al Jarreau Honored With Star On Hollywood Walk Of Fame |website=Getty Images |date=June 22, 2002 |access-date=February 15, 2017}}</ref> In 2006, Jarreau appeared in a duet with ''American Idol'' finalist Paris Bennett during the Season 5 finale and on ''Celebrity Duets'' singing with actor Cheech Marin. In 2009, children's author Carmen Rubin published the story ''Ashti Meets Birdman Al'', inspired by Jarreau's music.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ajazzlife.com/home/2013/03/13/happy-birthday-al-jarreau/ |title=Happy Birthday Al Jarreau |website=A Jazz Life |date=March 13, 2013 |access-date=February 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214002653/http://www.ajazzlife.com/home/2013/03/13/happy-birthday-al-jarreau/ |archive-date=February 14, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2010, Jarreau was a guest on a Eumir Deodato album, with the song "Double Face" written by Jarreau, Deodato, and Nicolosi. The song was produced by the Italian company Nicolosi Productions. On February 16, 2012, Jarreau was invited to the Italian Festival di Sanremo to sing with the group Matia Bazar.{{citation needed|date=July 2025}}

==Personal life== Jarreau was married twice. Jarreau and Phyllis Hall were married from 1964 until their divorce in 1968.<ref name="rootobit"/><ref name="wpobit">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/al-jarreau-seven-time-grammy-winning-singer-dies-at-76/2017/02/12/7edf5c7e-f14c-11e6-b9c9-e83fce42fb61_story.html |title=Al Jarreau, seven-time Grammy-winning singer, dies at 76 |first=Matt |last=Schudel |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=February 12, 2017}}</ref> Jarreau married his second wife {{ill|Susan Player (actress)|it|Susan Player|lt=Susan Elaine Player}} in 1977. Jarreau and Player had a son, Ryan Jarreau.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://blackamericaweb.com/2017/02/13/little-known-black-history-fact-al-jarreau/ |title=Little Known Black History Fact: Al Jarreau |first=D. L. |last=Chandler |website=Black America Web |date=February 12, 2017}}</ref>

Ryan and Susan Jarreau appear as background vocalists on ''Tomorrow Today''. Susan provided photography for several of Jarreau's albums, including ''Glow'', ''All Fly Home'', ''This Time'', and ''Breakin' Away''. She is the subject of "Susan's Song", track no. 3 on ''We Got By''.{{citation needed|date=July 2025}}

==Death== Jarreau died of respiratory failure, at the age of 76 on February 12, just two days after announcing his retirement.<ref name="wpobit" /><ref name="GuardianObit">[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/feb/12/al-jarreau-grammy-winning-jazz-pop-rb-singer-dies "Al Jarreau, Grammy-winning jazz, pop and R&B singer, dies at 76".] ''The Guardian''. February 12, 2017.</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-et-ms-al-jarreau-dead-20170212-story.html |title=Influential jazz artist Al Jarreau, singer of 'We're in This Love Together,' dead at 76 |first=Yvonne |last=Villarreal |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=February 12, 2017}}</ref> He is interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills. His headstone features lyrics from his song "Mornin'": "Like any man / I can reach out my hand / And touch the face of God."<ref>{{cite web|title=Photographic image|url=https://www.alamy.com/los-angeles-california-usa-28th-august-2020-a-general-view-of-atmosphere-of-singer-al-jarreaus-grave-at-forest-lawn-memorial-park-hollywood-hills-on-august-28-2020-in-los-angeles-california-usa-photo-by-barry-kingalamy-stock-photo-image369862341.html?pv=1&stamp=2&imageid=51D0A2C2-C42D-4774-8432-BFC08CF43D9C&p=563394&n=0&orientation=0&pn=4&searchtype=0&IsFromSearch=1&srch=foo%3dbar%26st%3d0%26pn%3d4%26ps%3d100%26sortby%3d2%26resultview%3dsortbyPopular%26npgs%3d0%26qt%3dforest%2520lawn%2520memorial%2520park%2520hollywood%26qt_raw%3dforest%2520lawn%2520memorial%2520park%2520hollywood%26lic%3d3%26mr%3d0%26pr%3d0%26ot%3d0%26creative%3d%26ag%3d0%26hc%3d0%26pc%3d%26blackwhite%3d%26cutout%3d%26tbar%3d1%26et%3d0x000000000000000000000%26vp%3d0%26loc%3d0%26imgt%3d0%26dtfr%3d%26dtto%3d%26size%3d0xFF%26archive%3d1%26groupid%3d%26pseudoid%3d%26a%3d%26cdid%3d%26cdsrt%3d%26name%3d%26qn%3d%26apalib%3d%26apalic%3d%26lightbox%3d%26gname%3d%26gtype%3d%26xstx%3d0%26simid%3d%26saveQry%3d%26editorial%3d1%26nu%3d%26t%3d%26edoptin%3d%26customgeoip%3d%26cap%3d1%26cbstore%3d1%26vd%3d0%26lb%3d%26fi%3d2%26edrf%3d%26ispremium%3d1%26flip%3d0%26pl%3d|website=Alamy.com}}</ref>

==Discography== {{Main|Al Jarreau discography}} *''We Got By'' (1975) *''Glow'' (1976) *''All Fly Home'' (1978) *''This Time'' (1980) *''Breakin' Away'' (1981) *''1965'' (1982) *''Jarreau'' (1983) *''High Crime'' (1984) *''L Is for Lover'' (1986) *''Heart's Horizon'' (1988) *''Heaven and Earth'' (1992) *''Tenderness'' (1994) *''Tomorrow Today'' (2000) *''All I Got'' (2002) *''Accentuate the Positive'' (2004) *''Givin' It Up'' (2006) *''Christmas'' (2008) *''My Old Friend: Celebrating George Duke'' (2014)

==Awards and nominations== ===Grammy Awards=== {|class="wikitable" |- !Year Awarded!!Nominee/work!!Category!!Result!!Ref. |- |1978 |''Look to the Rainbow'' |rowspan="2"|Best Jazz Vocal Performance |{{Won}} |<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CXVQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5hEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4872,4398039&dq=grammy&hl=en|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120711182003/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CXVQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5hEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4872,4398039&dq=grammy&hl=en|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 11, 2012|title=Jarreau Wins Jazz Grammy|date=24 February 1978|publisher=The Milwaukee Sentinel|access-date=1 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/al-jarreau/13601 |title=Al Jarreau – Artist |work=Grammy Award |access-date=March 18, 2018 }}</ref><ref name="Awards & shows">{{cite news|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1978-226.html |title=Grammy Awards 1978 |website=Awardsandshows.com |access-date=March 18, 2018 }}</ref> |- |1979 |''All Fly Home'' |{{Won}} |<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=U45QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8xEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6838,3237437&dq=grammy&hl=en|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715021021/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=U45QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8xEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6838,3237437&dq=grammy&hl=en|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2012|title=In the groove: Grammys go disco|date=16 February 1979|publisher=The Milwaukee Sentinel|access-date=1 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1979-227.html |title=Grammy Awards 1979 |website=Awardsandshows.com|access-date=March 18, 2018 }}</ref> |- |rowspan="2"|1981 |"Never Givin' Up" |Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male |{{Nominated}} |rowspan="2"|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LRBWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=S-IDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5450,5824095&dq|title=Here's complete list of the Grammy nominees|location=Eugene, Oregon|date=February 21, 1981|page=36|number=121|work=Eugene Register-Guard|publisher=Guard Publishing}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mT8jAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TYMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5839,7290290&dq=grammy&hl=en|title=5 Grammys on first try|date=26 February 1981|publisher=The Deseret News|access-date=1 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/winners-nominees/98 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321035050/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/winners-nominees/98 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 21, 2019 |title=Winners Best Recording For Children - Single or Album, Musical or Spoken grammy.com |work=Grammy Award |access-date=March 18, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1981-229.html |title=Grammy Awards 1981|website=Awardsandshows.com|access-date=March 18, 2018 }}</ref> |- |''In Harmony: A Sesame Street Record'' (featuring various artists) |Best Recording for Children |{{Won}} |- |rowspan="3"|1982 |rowspan="2"|''Breakin' Away'' |Album of the Year (shared with Jay Graydon) |{{Nominated}} |rowspan="3"|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1982-230.html|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1982 - Grammy Award Winners 1982|website=Awardsandshows.com|access-date=May 2, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BoFQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HBIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7070,4394418&dq=grammy&hl=en|title=Grammys go to music's best|date=25 February 1982|publisher=The Milwaukee Sentinel|access-date=1 May 2011|archive-date=March 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313050405/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BoFQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HBIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7070,4394418&dq=grammy&hl=en|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1982-230.html |title=Grammy Awards 1982 |website=Awardsandshows.com|access-date=March 18, 2018 }}</ref> |- |Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male |{{Won}} |- |"(Round, Round, Round) Blue Rondo à la Turk" |Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male |{{Won}} |- |rowspan="4"|1984 |rowspan="2"|''Jarreau'' |Producer of the Year (Non-Classical) (for Jay Graydon) |{{Nominated}} |rowspan="4"|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZBEhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JXQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2286,2445615&dq|title=Complete List of the Nominees for 26th Annual Grammy Music Awards|newspaper=Schenectady Gazette|publisher=The Daily Gazette Company|date=January 9, 1984}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/jay-graydon/8912 |title=Jay Graydon – Artist |work=Grammy Award |access-date=March 18, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1984-232.html |title=Grammy Awards 1984|website=Awardsandshows.com |access-date=March 18, 2018 }}</ref> |- |Best Engineered Recording – Non-Classical (for Ian Eales, Jay Graydon & Eric Prestis) |{{Nominated}} |- |"Mornin'" |Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s) (for David Foster, Jay Graydon & Jeremy Lubbock) |{{Nominated}} |- |"Step by Step" |Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s) (shared with Tom Canning, Jay Graydon & Jerry Hey) |{{Nominated}} |- |1985 |"Edgartown Groove" (featuring Kashif) |Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal |{{Nominated}} |<ref>{{Cite news|last=Graff|first=Gary|title=The Grammy Awards: Prince, Tina Turner, Cyndi Lauper take five nominations each|date=January 11, 1985|work=Detroit Free Press|access-date=July 26, 2017|pages=1C, 5C|language=en|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12643384/detroit_free_press/|via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}}</ref><ref name= "27th Grammy Awards">{{Cite news|url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/27th-annual-grammy-awards|title=27th Annual GRAMMY Awards|date=January 16, 2013|work=GRAMMY.com|access-date=July 26, 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1985-233.html |title=Grammy Awards 1985|website=Awardsandshows.com|access-date=March 18, 2018 }}</ref> |- |rowspan="5"|1986 |''We Are the World'' (as a part of USA for Africa featuring various artists) ||Album of the Year (shared with Quincy Jones) |{{Nominated}} |rowspan="6"|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-01-10-ca-1077-story.html |title='We Are The World' Scores In Grammy Nominations |first=Dennis |last=Hunt |work=Los Angeles Times |date=January 10, 1986 |access-date=July 3, 2011 |page=3}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jYJQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ghIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6479,6519948&dq=grammy&hl=en|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120716152356/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jYJQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ghIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6479,6519948&dq=grammy&hl=en|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 16, 2012|title="World" gets four Grammys|date=26 February 1986|publisher=The Milwaukee Sentinel|access-date=1 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1986-234.html |title=Grammy Awards 1986 |website=Awardsandshows.com|access-date=March 18, 2018 }}</ref> |- |rowspan="3"|"We Are the World" (as a part of USA for Africa) |Record of the Year (shared with Quincy Jones) |{{Won}} |- |Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals (shared with Quincy Jones) |{{Won}} |- |Best Music Video, Short Form (shared with Quincy Jones & Tom Trbovich) |{{Won}} |- |''High Crime'' |rowspan="2"|Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male |{{Nominated}} |- |1987 |"Since I Fell for You" |{{Nominated}} |<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-01-09-ca-2676-story.html |title=Grammy Nominations: Highs and Lows |first=Dennis |last=Hunt |work=Los Angeles Times |date=January 9, 1987 |page=2 |access-date=May 13, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1987-235.html |title=Grammy Awards 1987|website=Awardsandshows.com |access-date=March 18, 2018 }}</ref> |- |rowspan="2"|1988 |rowspan="2"|"Moonlighting (theme)" (from the TV series ''Moonlighting'') |Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male |{{Nominated}} |rowspan="2"|<ref>{{cite news|title=Nominees for Grammys |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |publisher=Lee Enterprises |date=January 15, 1988 |page=4B}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1988-236.html |title=Grammy Awards 1988|website=Awardsandshows.com|access-date=March 18, 2018 }}</ref> |- |Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television (shared with Lee Holdridge) |{{Nominated}} |- |1990 |''Heart's Horizon'' |rowspan="3"|Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male |{{Nominated}} |<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1990/01/11/Annual-Grammy-Nominations/3119632034000/|title=Annual Grammy Nominations|work=UPI|publisher= United Press International, Inc|date=January 11, 1990|access-date=August 14, 2020}}</ref><ref name="latimes">{{cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1990-01-12/entertainment/ca-71_1_rock-vocal-award/2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302015430/http://articles.latimes.com/1990-01-12/entertainment/ca-71_1_rock-vocal-award/2 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 2, 2014 |title= The Grammys, Round 1 : Pop Music: Rock 'n' roll veterans lead pack of recording industry awards nominees. |date=January 12, 1990 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=March 18, 2018 }}</ref> |- |1993 |''Heaven and Earth'' |{{Won}} |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/02/26/arts/1993-grammy-winners.html|title=1993 Grammy Winners|work=The New York Times|date=February 26, 1993|access-date=March 5, 2017}}</ref><ref name="grammy.com">{{cite news|url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/35th-annual-grammy-awards |title= 35th Annual Grammy Awards |work=Grammy Award |access-date=March 18, 2018 }}</ref> |- |1995 |"Wait for the Magic" |{{Nominated}} |<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-01-06-ca-17089-story.html|title=The 37th Grammy Nominations |page=11|date=January 6, 1995|access-date=May 2, 2011 |work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref><ref name="deseretnews.com">{{cite news|url=https://www.deseretnews.com/article/397167/NOMINEES-FOR-GRAMMY-AWARDS-NAMED.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027015937/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/397167/NOMINEES-FOR-GRAMMY-AWARDS-NAMED.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 27, 2014 |title= NOMINEES FOR GRAMMY AWARDS NAMED |work=Deseret News |access-date=March 18, 2018 }}</ref> |- |2005 |''Accentuate the Positive'' |Best Jazz Vocal Album |{{Nominated}} |<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,147168,00.html|title=Fast Facts: List of Grammy Nominees|date=February 13, 2005|access-date=April 29, 2011|publisher=Fox News Channel}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/vincent-mendoza |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190919214355/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/vincent-mendoza |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 19, 2019 |title= Vincent Mendoza |work=Grammy Award |access-date=March 18, 2018 }}</ref> |- |rowspan="2"|2007 |"Breezin'" (featuring George Benson) |Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals |{{Nominated}} |rowspan="2"|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/06/arts/06grammylist.html?pagewanted=4 |title=The Complete List of Grammy Nominees|date=December 6, 2007|access-date=April 29, 2011|work=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.playbill.com/article/49th-annual-grammy-awards-presented-feb-11-com-138445|title = 49th Annual Grammy Awards Presented Feb. 11|website=Playbill.com}}</ref> |- |"God Bless the Child" (featuring George Benson & Jill Scott) |Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance |{{Won}} |- |rowspan="3"|2013 |''Live'' (featuring the Metropole Orkest) |Best Jazz Vocal Album |{{Nominated}} |rowspan="3"|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120201120225/http://www.grammy.com/nominees|url-status=dead|title=List of 2013 nominees|archive-date=February 1, 2012|access-date=March 12, 2026}}</ref> |- |"Spain (I Can Recall)" |Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) (for Vincent Mendoza) |{{Nominated}} |- |''JumpinJazz Kids – A Swinging Jungle Tale'' (featuring James Murray & various artists) |Best Children's Album |{{Nominated}} |}

===Hall of Fame=== {|class="wikitable" |- !Year Awarded!!Category!!Ref. |- ||2001||Hollywood Walk of Fame |<ref name="walkoffame.com">{{cite news|url=http://www.walkoffame.com/al-jarreau |title=Al Jarreau – Inducted to the Walk of Fame on March 6, 2001 with 1 star |work=Hollywood Walk of Fame |access-date=March 18, 2018 }}</ref> |- ||2012||SoulMusic Hall of Fame at SoulMusic.com |<ref name="soulmusic.com">{{cite news |url=http://www.soulmusic.com/the-soulmusic-hall-of-fame-male-artist-inductees/ |title=THE SOULMUSIC HALL OF FAME: MALE ARTIST (Inductees) |work=Hollywood Walk of Fame |access-date=March 18, 2018 |archive-date=March 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318184454/http://www.soulmusic.com/the-soulmusic-hall-of-fame-male-artist-inductees/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> |}

===Honorary degrees=== {|class="wikitable" |- !Year Awarded!!Degree!!University!!Ref. |- ||1991||Honorary Doctorate of Music||Berklee College of Music |<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.berklee.edu/about/honorary-degree-recipients |title=Honorary Degree Recipients |website=Berklee College of Music |access-date=February 15, 2017}}</ref> |- ||2004||Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts||University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee |<ref name=Levy>{{cite news |url=http://www.jsonline.com/story/entertainment/music/2017/02/12/celebrated-vocalist-al-jarreau-76-dies/97823182/ |title=Al Jarreau, celebrated vocalist, Milwaukee native, dies at 76 |first=Piet |last=Levy |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |date=February 12, 2017}}</ref> |}

===Academic degrees=== {|class="wikitable" |- !Year Awarded!!Degree!!University!!Ref. |- ||1962||Bachelor's degree in Psychology||Ripon College |<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ripon.edu/2017/02/12/acclaimed-ripon-alumnus-al-jarreau-62-dead-at-age-76/ |title=Acclaimed Ripon alumnus Al Jarreau '62 dead at age 76 |first=Ric |last=Damm |website=Ripon College |access-date=April 3, 2020}}</ref> |- ||1964||Master's degree in Rehabilitation Counseling||University of Iowa |<ref name=Levy/> |}

===Other honors=== On October 17, 1982, at the invitation of the Milwaukee Brewers, he sang the National Anthem at Game 5 of the 1982 World Series.

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{commons category}} * {{Official website|http://www.aljarreau.com/}} * {{IMDb name|0418886}} * {{discogs artist|Al Jarreau}}

{{Al Jarreau}} {{Navboxes |title = Awards for Al Jarreau |list1 = {{Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance}} {{NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Jazz Artist}} }}

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