Heaven and Earth (Al Jarreau album)

Heaven and Earth (Al Jarreau album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Heaven and Earth
Type = Album
Artist = Al Jarreau


Released = 1992
Recorded =
Genre = Jazz
Length =
Label = Warner Records
Producer = Narada Michael Walden
Reviews =|
Last album =
This album = |

"Heaven and Earth" (Warner Bros.) 1992 is the 13th studio album release by Al Jarreau, it was produced by Narada Michael Walden and won Al Jarreau the 1993 Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance. It's essentially an R&B collection of songs produced with the artists Jazz and Pop sensibilties in mind. It contains two reworkings of the Miles Davis tune "Blue in Green" from Davis' "Kind of Blue" both showing Al Jarreau considerable prowess as a vocal interpreter and scat singer.

Track listing

# "What You Do To Me" 4:35
# "It's Not Hard To Love You" 6:11
# "Blue Angel" 5:08
# "Heaven and Earth" 4:27
# "Superfine Love" 5:24
# "Whenever I Hear Your Name" 5:28
# "Love of My Life" 4:01
# "If I Break" 5:47
# "(Blue in Green) Tapestry; The Dedication" 2:53
# "(Blue in Green) Tapestry; The Dance" 3:27

Two singles were released from the album: "Blue Angel" (R&B #74) and "It's Not Hard To Love You" (R&B #36). The album was critically very well received upon release and more than held its own among the R&B releases of time by newer artists in the genre. Selected tracks received significant airplay on the U.K radio station Jazz FM.


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Heaven and Earth — may refer to:In film * Heaven and Earth (2008 film), True story of James Miranda Barry * Heaven and Earth (1990 film), a Japanese samurai film * Heaven Earth (1993 film), directed by Oliver Stone, based on the memoir When Heaven and Earth Changed …   Wikipedia

  • Al Jarreau — à Montreux en 1986 Naissance 12 mars 1940 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Al Jarreau — in Breslau, Polen am 25. Juni 2006 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Al Jarreau — Infobox Musical artist Name = Al Jarreau Img size = Img capt = Al Jarreau at the North Sea Jazz Festival of 2006. Landscape = yes Background = solo singer Birth name = Alwyn Lopez Jarreau Born = birth date and age|1940|3|12 Died = Origin =… …   Wikipedia

  • Al Jarreau — en Wrocław, Polonia; 25 de junio de 2006. Alwyn López Al Jarreau (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Estados Unidos, 12 de marzo de 1940), es un cantante estadounidense de jazz. Se distingue por su versatilidad y originalidad, y por su a …   Wikipedia Español

  • Джерро, Эл — Эл Джерро англ. Al Jarreau Основная информация Полное имя Элвин Лопес Джерро Дата рождения …   Википедия

  • Claytoven Richardson — Birth name Clayton D. Richardson Born May 23, 1956 (1956 05 23) (age 55) Origin Berkeley, California Genres R& …   Wikipedia

  • Grammy Awards of 1993 — Infobox Grammy Awards name = imagesize = 125px date = venue = host = network = CBS next = 1994 last = 1992The 35th Grammy Awards were held in 1993. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year. Eric Clapton was the nights… …   Wikipedia

  • Grammy Awards 1993 — 1993 war es das 35. Mal, dass in den USA der Grammy Award für die besten musikalischen Leistungen des Vorjahres vergeben wurden. Bei den Grammy Awards 1993 wurden 80 mal Gewinner in verschiedenen Kategorien aus 27 Feldern aufgerufen und sechs… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Louis Biancaniello — Louis John Biancaniello is a songwriter, record producer, and musician who often works with his partner Sam Watters. The pair have written and produced hits for Jessica Simpson I Wanna Love You Forever , for Alexia You need love , the #1 single I …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”