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Soul Serenade: Average White Band, “If I Ever Lose This Heaven”

Soul Serenade: Average White Band, “If I Ever Lose This Heaven”

Ken Shane March 8, 2012 0

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

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The Thirteenth Day of Mellowmas: Happy Melismas II You

Jeff Giles and Jason Hare December 13, 2010 17

Just in time for Mariah Carey's new Christmas special, here's a peek inside her latest holiday music cash-in

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Smooth Sailing: In Defense of Bob James and David Sanborn

Jeff Giles October 27, 2010 19

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

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Mix Six: “Neo Swing, Baby”

Ted Asregadoo September 29, 2009 9

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

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Song-Off Jr.: Pie

Matchup Monkey May 11, 2009 12

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

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Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 45

Dave Steed April 1, 2009 22

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

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The Seventh Day of Mellowmas: Scatmas!

Jeff Giles and Jason Hare December 7, 2008 8

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

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The Third Day of Mellowmas: Jarreaumas!

Jeff Giles and Jason Hare December 3, 2008 19

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

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Sugar Water: Jarreau!

Robert Cass March 9, 2008 0

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

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Popdose’s Al Jarreau Week rolls on!

Will Harris March 5, 2008 1

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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