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Lead Performance: Al Jarreau; Genres: Jazz, R&B

For the last two decades, limber-throated Al Jarreau has flitted between jazz, R&B, and pop. On Tenderness, he makes a valiant effort to find a common ground between them, but any sense of spontaneous fire is still missing, even with guests including David Sanborn and diva Kathleen Battle. The vocals are more free-spirited than usual, but Jarreau's role as jazz's prodigal son remains secure. B


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Posted Jun 10, 1994
 

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