The Jazz Singers
Guests: Al Jarreau & Kurt Elling.
Al Jarreau is the only vocalist in the history of the GRAMMYs to win awards in three different categories (Jazz, Pop and R&B). He's been compared to such legends as Billy Eckstine and Johnny Mathis, and has been thrilling audiences since his 1975 debut, the top-selling "We Got By." Multiple GRAMMY nominee Kurt Elling is one of the great modern proponents of the "vocalese" tradition of marrying original lyrics to classic jazz solos. Al and Kurt perform and talk with Ramsey Lewis about the great male vocalists and their own lives and times on stage and in the studio. Although approaching jazz from two opposite directions, these two master vocalists, Al Jarreau and Kurt Elling, came up with a duet on "Take Five" that will become a classic. Check it out!
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