“Al Jarreau, Grammy-winning jazz, pop and R&B singer, dies at 76” https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/feb/12/al-jarreau-grammy-winning-jazz-pop-rb-singer-dies
ジャズ・シンガーのアル・ジャロウ*1が現地時間２月11日に羅府の病院にて他界。享年76歳。
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In a 2014 interview with the Arizona Republic, Jarreau discussed his crossover tendencies.“I grew up in Milwaukee,” he said, “and I took it all in. I want it all. Don’t cut me off at the pass and say I can’t listen to Muddy Waters because I’m a jazzer. Or I can’t listen to Garth Brooks because I’m a jazzer. Get out of here.”
Music was not always his focus. Jarreau was an athlete who earned a master’s degree in vocal rehabilitation and started his career as a counselor in San Francisco, playing jazz on the side. He did not record his first album until he was 35.
“His second priority in life was music,” read a statement on the singer’s website on Sunday. “There was no third. His first priority, far ahead of the other, was healing or comforting anyone in need.”
Kevin Conlon “Al Jarreau, Grammy-winning jazz singer, dead at 76” http://edition.cnn.com/2017/02/12/entertainment/al-jarreau-dead/
Felix Contreras & Colin Dwyer “Al Jarreau, Versatile Vocalist Who 'Played His Voice,' Dies At 76” http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/02/12/514846063/al-jarreau-a-versatile-vocalist-who-played-his-voice-dies-at-76
“Al Jarreau: Seven-time Grammy-winning jazz singer dies at 76” http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38951462
