Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1940-03-12
- Died
- 2017-02-12
- Works
- 1
Top works
- The Best Of Al Jarreau
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Alwin Lopez "Al" Jarreau was an American singer and musician. He received a total of seven Grammy Awards and was nominated for over a dozen more. Jarreau is perhaps best known for his 1981 album Breakin' Away. He also sang the theme song of the late-1980s television series Moonlighting, and was among the performers on the 1985 charity song "We Are the World".
Known for
- The Greatest Night in Pop — Self (archive footage)2024
- Marcus — Self2015
- The Soul Man — Self2012
- Resto Umile World Show — Self2011
- O Melhor do Flash Back - 92 Clipes Para Recordar — Self (archive footage)2009
- Quincy Jones : 75th Birthday Celebration Live at Montreux — Self2008
- Lord Help Us — Brother Jarreau - Choir Director2007
- George Benson & Al Jarreau: Live at Montreux — Self - vocal2007
- The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: More 1978 — Self2007
- Best of Night of the Proms Vol. 2 — Self2007
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 412,147
- Total plays
- 4,307,385
Tags
jazzsoulSmooth Jazzvocal jazzfunk
Alwin Lopez Jarreau (12 March 1940 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin - 12 february 2017, Los Angeles, California), known popularly as Al Jarreau, was an American, Grammy Award–winning jazz singer. Versatile in his singing style, Jarreau is a twelve-time Grammy-nominated vocalist and the only vocalist in history to win a Grammy Award in three separate categories: jazz, pop, and R&B. As the son of a vicar, he had his first singing experiences in a church choir. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Al+Jarreau
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 19,828x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,235x
- Tissue-based map of the human proteome
· 2015 · cited 13,711x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,771x
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 9,668x
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Key facts
- Born
- Alwin Lopez Jarreau , ( 1940-03-12 ) March 12, 1940, Milwaukee , Wisconsin, U.S.
- Died
- February 12, 2017 (2017-02-12) (aged 76), Los Angeles , California, U.S.
- Education
- Ripon College
- Genres
- R&B soul pop jazz
- Occupations
- Singer songwriter
- Instruments
- Vocals vocal percussion
- Years active
- 1961–2017
- Labels
- Reprise Warner Bros. Concord Rhino Verve
- Website
- Official website
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 12 March 1940
- Died
- 12 February 2017
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Milwaukee
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- American English
- Award
- honorary doctorate
- Genre
- rhythm and blues
- Record label
- Verve Records
Article
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".
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1940 births2017 deaths20th-century African-American male singers20th-century American male singers20th-century American singers21st-century African-American male singers21st-century American male singersAmerican jazz singersAmerican men's basketball playersAmerican rhythm and blues singersBurials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)