What an amazing performer. Thw guy becomes a nexus, taking influences from present and past, near and far, and pointing toward future performers. From Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Sammy Davis, Jr., Miriam Makeba, Quincy Jones, to Michael Jackson, Bobby McFerrin and on, you can find it all intersecting through this man.
So long and thank you, Al Jarreau .
