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Which in my mind is still too young to leave us. I always try to catch him in concert. My favorite concert which is vague in my mind was he and Brenda Russell at I believe Dodgers Stadium in the 80's. He was a big part of my musical emergence. My high school girlfriend Pearl introduced this "Funkateer" to his smooth sounds. She listened to a more jazzy station than the rest of us kids, KJLH, owned by Stevie Wonder and stood for "Kindness, Joy, Love and Happiness." Jarreau was breezy and delightful. I was still into funk and rock primarily though at that time, in addition to many other strains of music that pleased me.
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I picked up this from Urban Ore in Berkley sometime last year. I also snagged that Lakeside album.
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No fscking way!... RIP....
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I saw him in 1989. He was the first concert at Atlanta's Lakewood amphitheater. He put on a great show in front of an audience filled with Atlanta politicians and dignitaries. R.I.P.
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He is definately in the "how old!" category.. I never would have thought of him as being 76.
Tremendous talent. RIP
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Aw, man!
For some reason, I thought he was younger. Such a great, unique voice! R.I.P.
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.....wrote the lyrics to 'Moonlighting' theme......
remastered version.........?!
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Total bummer. I still have is autograph somewhere. I was lucky enough to see him in concert and at a workshop he did. Amazing dude.
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In my previous life in radio, he was a staple. Didn't have a ton of hits, but the ones he had got regular airplay and people loved his smooth voice (for good reason). I can still picture him in the
We Are The World video (at about 2:05). He always seemed so happy.
R.I.P., Mr J.
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Blankity Blank wrote:
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She listened to a more jazzy station than the rest of us kids, KJLH, owned by Stevie Wonder and stood for "Kindness, Joy, Love and Happiness." snagged that Lakeside album.
Yikes, KJLH, there's a blast from the past. They lived on one of my car radio bottoms for a long time.
They definitely did. So much good music back then.
