Al Jarreau (RIP) - Blue Skies

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"Glengarry Glen Ross" (great movie starring Alec Baldwin, Alan Arkin, Jack Lemmon, Al Pacino,  Kevin Spacey, Ed Harris and Jonathan Pryce) soundtrack

 

Most likely his jazziest song ( along with his "Take Five" rendition)

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jarreau

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Composed by Chick Corea

 

 

 

 

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Studio version ( fake live)

 

 

 

 

 

Drummer is Alejandro Acuna who used to play with Weather Report in one or two studio albums ( if I'm not mistaken)

 

 

Guitarist in yellow shirt is NOT Tom Cruise......

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Awesome ( really a vocal masterpiece imo) rendition of  jazz classic ( by Dave Brubeck).....Live

 

 

 

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Brazilian classic composed  ( and also sometimes performed) by Jorge Ben....Made famous internationally in the mid-sixties by Sergio Mendes

 

Live

 

Great line-up: Steve Gadd on drums, Marcus Miller ( who used to play w Miles Davis) on bass, Joe Sample-RIP on piano / keyboards, Flora Purim (Brazilian vocalist....co-vocals....used to sing with Return To Forever, Santana...) etc.....

 

 

 

 

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I love this one.....

 

 

 

 

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Blues skies ( 1st track) lineup:

 

 

Drums – Peter Erskine ( used to play w Weather Report for some time)

 

Piano – Russ Ferrante

 

Saxophone – Bob Shephard

 

Vocals – Al Jarreau

 

Track composed by – I. Berlin

Edited March 16, 2020 by umbertino

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Drummer Peter Erskine youtube comment on "Blue Skies":

 

We recorded this "live" — as in all together at the same time — without much warning (as to the tempo!). That's John Patitucci holding it all together on the bass. Al Jarreau was magnificent. And while Wayne Shorter's tenor adorns most of the film soundtrack (as well as Jeff Porcaro's and Larry Bunker's drumming — Jeff, with typical modesty, told me that he asked Larry to play some of the brush cues), this is Bob Sheppard playing saxophone on "Blue Skies" (I'm playing on this, along with Russ Ferrante on piano...). Good memories of a short session, this was the first and only take. The film uses the bass and drums from this take during the scene where the safe break-in is discovered the next morning...