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Al Jarreau: Breaking Away

Steve Bloom, Downbeat, February 1982

The sound is metallic and airy and generally reminiscent of a flute, but there is no flute. The next sound thumps and bomps like a conga drum, but there is no drum. Finally, we are treated to a Brazilian orchestra of snaps, crackles, and pops, but again, there is no orchestra. Ladies and gentlemen, jazz-pop singer Al Jarreau, a human synthesizer of sorts, is simply strutting his stuff.

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