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Soul Serenade: Average White Band, “If I Ever Lose This Heaven”
In the wake of Robbie McIntosh's death the previous year, AWB had a tough time making their third album. Fortunately they persevered and completed Cut the Cake
Read More »The Thirteenth Day of Mellowmas: Happy Melismas II You
Just in time for Mariah Carey's new Christmas special, here's a peek inside her latest holiday music cash-in
Read More »Smooth Sailing: In Defense of Bob James and David Sanborn
If you were reading my stuff way back in the old Jefitoblog days, you know I have a sick fascination for smooth jazz — to the point that I ended up acquiring a bunch
Read More »Mix Six: “Neo Swing, Baby”
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE There was a moment in the mid to late ’90s when I passed an invisible line from young adulthood — where you crave new and exciting things and your
Read More »Song-Off Jr.: Pie
Basic Pie Crust Recipe: 1 1/3 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 cup Crisco vegetable shortening, plain or butter-flavored (see Cook’s Note) 1/2 teaspoon kosher or coarse salt 3 tablespoons ice water 1. Mix flour and
Read More »Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 45
As I promised, no more Jacksons this week, but we will keep plodding through the letter J as we continue to take a look at songs that reached no higher than #41, a.k.a. “the
Read More »The Seventh Day of Mellowmas: Scatmas!
Happy Seventh Day of Mellowmas, everybody! As if Al Jarreau didn’t provide us with enough smooth jazz fodder, today we’re stuck with some serious scatting. Spyro Gyra — The Christmas Song (download) From A
Read More »The Third Day of Mellowmas: Jarreaumas!
Regular readers of Popdose will know that we’re kind of obsessed with Al Jarreau. Who could possibly forget Al Jarreau Week back in March? So when we heard that good ol’ Al was releasing
Read More »Sugar Water: Jarreau!
The title of Al Jarreau’s sixth studio album, released in 1983, is simple and straightforward: Jarreau. But if you ask me, it’s missing an exclamation point at the end — the multiple Grammy winner
Read More »Popdose’s Al Jarreau Week rolls on!
I wouldn’t want to be the lone man out, so let me begin by opening this contribution to PopDose’s Al Jarreau Week by admitting that I, too, was hesitant when asked if I might
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