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Al Jarreau Jarreau Release Date: 1983 Running Time: 38:31 Label: Universal Jazz Having broken through into the pop Top Ten albums with producer Jay Graydon and Breakin' Away, Jarreau had found his commercial groove, and it was potent enough to sustain him at least through the eponymously titled follow-up album. Again, strong, often self-co-composed material, and catchy, radio-friendly arrangements with lots of synthesizers would be the strong suit of this album, front-loaded by two large-scale R&B hits, the cheery "Mornin'" and the footstomping "Boogie Down," that would be part of his concert repertoire forever more ("Save Me" is also in their league). The backing comes from a coterie of L.A. pros who kick in more energy than what one would normally expect; it must be the material that fired 'em up. In other words, this is a really good R&B album, almost a great one, with the one caveat being that Jarreau's unique vocal abilities aren't remotely challenged; this could conceivably have been cut by almost any skilled R&B singer. Richard S. Ginell, All Music Guide Tracks: Title Composer Time 1 Mornin' Foster, Graydon, Jarreau 4:13 2 Boogie Down Omartian, Jarreau 4:12 3 I Will Be Here for You (Nitakungodea Milele) Lang, Page, George 4:16 4 Save Me Graydon, Foster, Jarreau 6:30 5 Step by Step Jarreau, Canning, Graydon 4:25 6 Black and Blues Canning, Jarreau, Graydon 4:48 7 Trouble in Paradise Mathieson, Veitch, Graydon 3:46 8 Not Like This Lubbock 2:36 9 Love Is Waiting Jarreau, Canning, Graydon 3:45 Releases: Year Type Label 1998 CD Universal Jazz CD Warner Bros.

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