Album of the Day
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Breakin' Away
Al Jarreau
80s
Jazz
R&B
Album of the Day
Al Jarreau
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Al Jarreau strikes an easy, confident pose on the cover of BREAKIN' AWAY and the music follows suit. The 1981 album was the singer's fifth studio set for Warner/Reprise, and at this point he'd perfected a seamless blend of genres – the collection topped the R&B and jazz charts and reached the pop Top 10. Along with producer Jay Graydon and associate producer Tom Canning, Al co-wrote half of these songs and makes the others – including standard “Teach Me Tonight” and crossover smash “We're in This Love Together” - his own with sublime phrasing. The cream of L.A. session players lend their talents to the platinum-certified BREAKIN' AWAY, which earned Jarreau a pair of Vocal Performance Grammys and remains among his very best albums.