Remembering Al Jarreau

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Renowned jazz vocalist, Alwin Lopez Jarreau, died last Sunday in a Los Angeles hospital at the age of 76. A week earlier he had announced his retirement after cutting short a tour due to exhaustion.

The seven-time Grammy winner died a few hours before this year’s Grammy Awards ceremony kicked off on Sunday.

Al Jarreau was one of the best jazz singers of his generation with regards to improvisation and “scatting” in particular.

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