- Audio CD (Aug 2 2004)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import
- Label: Universal
- ASIN: B0002ADG40
- In-Print Editions: Audio CD
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Track Listings
| 1. Cold Duck |
| 2. Nearness of You |
| 3. I'm Beginning to See the Light |
| 4. My Foolish Heart |
| 5. Midnight Sun |
| 6. Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive |
| 7. Betty Bebop's Song |
| 8. Waltz for Debby |
| 9. Groovin' High |
| 10. Lotus |
| 11. Scootcha-Booty |
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4.5 out of 5 stars (20 customer reviews)
20 of 22 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Anything he he sings gives me chills -, Aug 4 2004
By MovedbyMusic - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Accentuate The Positive (Audio CD)
Al Jarreau has always had top priority for my ears straight to my heart. He can take a song and turn it into his own expert opinion of how that song should be sung. This particluar cd focuses on some great jazz, some from the 40's, and he interprets it all with so much grace. "Accentuate the Positive" is jazz, pure and simple. My favorite track is "My Foolish Heart" and for good reason - his vocal skill is like a beacon through that melody. Al Jurreau's supple vocal is perfect, some amazing tenor saxophone from Keith Anderson doesn't hurt.The stunning ensemble here is too spectacular to go without notice or note: Christian McBride, David Carpenter, on bass;
Anthony Wilson on guitar; Tollak Ollestad on harmonica;
Luis Conte jazz percussion; Russell Ferrante on piano; Peter Erskine, Mark Simmons on drums; Larry E. Williams, Larry Willison on keyboards; and Larry Goldings on hammond organ.
(Trivia note: Peter Erskine, Anthony Wilson and Christian McBride also appear on Diana Krall's "Girl in the Other Room.)
I love Al Jurreau's latest "All I Got" R&B theme cd also produced by Tommy LiPuma. "Accentuate the Positive" though moves from blues jazz tracks like "Cold Duck" to soft gentle ballads like "My Foolish Heart" and funkified jazz like the remake "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive."
There is something bascially so indescribably delicious about this cd. The musicality is so seamless, seems so pulled-together to me, yet so flexible and emotively seems buoyantly spontaneous. Outstanding. Gotta own. Right now.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wow!, Aug 8 2004
By CD Nut - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Accentuate The Positive (Audio CD)
Pay no attention to anyone who has rated this less than 5 stars. I'm at work...it's 12 AM and I need to get home. Yet this CD rocks and I don't want to leave. What can I say...his band backing him up is great...his scat is smooth and crisp and not nutty...his voice sounds like velvet...smooth like the Velvet Fog....very very nice. Be prepared to be hypnotized by the CD. Should be CD of the year. Everything else is crap compared to this.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Manna from Heaven!, Aug 31 2005
By A. Dantry "jazzy1" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Accentuate The Positive (Audio CD)
I picked this CD out of my mailbox at 2 pm today, it is now midnight and I am still listening to it! Thank goodness for that repeat button. "Betty Bebop's Song" is a poignant tribute to songbird Betty Carter. "Midnight Sun" - what can I say? I had to play that one alone for a couple of hours. Tollak Ollestad on harmonica had me thinking Toots, very lazy, extremely sensuous (Dee Dee Bridgewater also does a steamy rendition on "Dear Ella"). This CD has opened my eyes to some older material, i.e., "Accentuate the Positive" - who'd a thunk it? Absolutely fabulous as only the inimitable Jarreau could accomplish such a feat! "I'm Beginning to See the Light" - Larry Goldings and Anthony Wilson definitely get it together and AJ does it so effortlessly (for him). I did, however, think I was about to hear "You Don't See Me" when "Groovin' High" started, but after the intro, that thought was no longer . . . . If you are a serious Jarreau fan, DO NOT WASTE ANOTHER MOMENT, pure heaven. . . Amen
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