SHOW 59 - Remembering Al Jarreau, Guest Architect Richard Kauper, Valentine's Day & Year of the Dog

Airdate:  February 12, 2018

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

CITY-WIDE MILWAUKEE || This week's show included our beloved Al Jarreau - ALWIN LOPEZ "AL" JARREAU  (March 12, 1940 - February 12, 2017); a conversation with Resident Commentator Richard Kauper, Amazing Architecture; and a shout-out for Valentine's Day (February 14) and the Chinese Year of the Dog (February 16).

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REMEMBERING AL JARREAU - Alwin Lopez "Al" Jarreau (March 12, 1940 – February 12, 2017) was an American singer and musician. He received a total of seven Grammy Awards and was nominated for over a dozen more. Jarreau is perhaps best known for his 1981 album Breakin' Away. He also sang the theme song of the late-1980s television series  Moonlighting, and was among the performers on the 1985 charity song "We Are the World."

Jarreau was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on March 12, 1940,^[1] the fifth of six children. The Jarreau website refers to Reservoir Avenue, the name of the street where he lived. Jarreau's father was a Seventh-day Adventist Church minister and singer, and his mother was a church pianist. Jarreau and his family sang together in church concerts and in benefits, and he and his mother performed at PTA meetings.^[2]

Jarreau was student council president and Badger Boys State delegate for Lincoln High School. At Boys State, he was elected governor.^[3] Jarreau went on to attend Ripon College, where he also sang with a group called the Indigos. He graduated in 1962 with a Bachelor of Science in psychology.^[1] Two years later, in 1964, he earned a master's degree in vocational rehabilitation from the University of Iowa. Jarreau also worked as a rehabilitation counselor in San Francisco and moonlighted with a jazz trio headed by George Duke. In 1967, he joined forces with acoustic guitarist Julio Martinez.^[4] The duo became the star attraction at a small Sausalito nightclub called Gatsby's. This success contributed to Jarreau's decision to make professional singing his life and a full-time career.

Favorites

WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER

MORNIN

BOOGIE DOWN

MY FAVORITE THINGS

Above are 4 of the many favorites of Beloved Al Jarreau.

Notice the "scat" - Improvised jazz singing in which the voice is used in imitation of an instrument - quality in BOOGIE DOWN.

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Saint Valentine's Day

by

RICHARD KAUPER - February 10, 2018

As we pass from the darkness into the light of this new day - we will dream, we will laugh, we will love,

I hold your hand so near to my heart as your touch takes my breath away.

I ask only for your endless love as we travel on this journey into a distant future.

Taken from the collection of Life's Reflections & Expressions

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It is important to remember:  How we treat our companion, true love, signifcant other, each day should bring us a peaceful understanding * It is not about the candies which get consumed or the flowers that eventfully wilt * It is about all of the other 364 days of every year that kees this flame glowing in our soul with the things we do for others that sp0arks this endless love and devotion to them.

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