I-timbre ejulile yezwi lika-Al Jarreau ithinta umlaleli ngomlingo, ikwenza ukhohlwe yikho konke. Futhi nakuba umculi engakaze abe nathi iminyaka eminingana, "abalandeli" bakhe abazinikele abamkhohlwa.
Iminyaka yokuqala ye-Al Jarreau
Umculi odumile wekusasa u-Alvin Lopez Jerro wazalwa ngo-March 12, 1940 eMilwaukee (USA). Umkhaya wawumkhulu, uyise ekhonza njengompristi, kanti unina engumdlali wopiyano. Umculi wesikhathi esizayo waxhuma impilo yakhe nomculo esemncane. Kusukela eneminyaka engu-4, u-Al nabafowabo nodadewabo bacula ekwayeni yesonto lapho abazali babo babesebenza khona. Lo msebenzi wawuheha kangangokuthi uJerro waqhubeka nokucula ekwayeni ebusheni bakhe. Ngaphezu kwalokho, wonke umndeni bawenza emicimbini ehlukahlukene yokupha.
Nokho, u-Al akazange ngokushesha axhumanise ukuphila kwakhe nomculo. Ngemva kokuphothula esikoleni esiphakeme, uJerro wangena eRipon College emnyangweni wezengqondo. Phakathi nezifundo zakhe, u-Al wayephila ukuphila okumatasa. Wayengumongameli womkhandlu wabafundi, engumsubathi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, waqhubeka into ayithandayo - izifundo zomculo. U-Jarreau udlale namabhendi endawo ahlukene, kodwa wagcina nge-The Indigos, iquartet eyayidlala i-jazz.
Ngemva kokuphothula ekolishi futhi ethola i-bachelor degree, umculi wanquma ukuqhubeka nezifundo zakhe ngobuchwepheshe bakhe futhi wangena eNyuvesi yase-Iowa. Uthole iziqu ngo-1964 futhi waqala ukusebenza njengomeluleki wokuhlunyeleliswa kwezimilo eSan Francisco.
Noma kunjalo, umculo "awuzange uvumele ukuhamba" komculi osemusha. ESan Francisco, uJerro wahlangana noGeorge Duke. Kusukela lapho, ube yingxenye yabathathu bakhe be-jazz. Ukusebenzisana kwathatha iminyaka eminingana.
Ngo-1967 wenza i-duet nomdlali wesigingci uJulio Martinez. Abaculi bacula e-Gatsby's futhi kamuva bathuthela e-Los Angeles. Baba izinkanyezi zangempela zendawo, futhi uJerro wenza isinqumo esibi - ukuxhuma impilo yakhe nomculo. Futhi-ke kwakukhona amakhonsathi, izinkambo, ukuqoshwa kanye nenani elikhulu lemiklomelo.
Ukuqala kwendlela yokudala ye-Al Jarreau
UJerro noMartinez badlale kumakilabhu amaningi. Ngezinye izikhathi ngisho "ukuvula" kwabanye abaculi, njengoJohn Belushi. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, izintatheli zaqala ukunaka abaculi, okwaba nomthelela ekwandeni kokuthandwa. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, uJerro waba nesithakazelo enkolweni futhi waqala ukuzibhalela izingoma. Akumangazi ukuthi imibono yenkolo yomculi yayikubo.
Maphakathi nawo-1970, uJerro wabambisana nomdlali wepiyano u-Tom Canning. Lo mculi wabonwa ngabadidiyeli beWarner Records, asheshe waqopha i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala ethi, We Got By. Yize abagxeki bebeqaphile ekuhloleni kwabo, izethameli ziyemukele i-albhamu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, eJalimane, uthole indondo ye-Grammy ye-Best New Foreign Solo Artist. Ngakho, umculi waba nesithakazelo izilaleli zaseYurophu.
U-Al Jarreau akachithanga sikhathi walandela i-albhamu yokuqala ngokuhlanganisa okwesibili, Glow (1976). Futhi, kunjalo, i-albhamu iwine i-Grammy futhi. Ukukhishwa kwe-albhamu yesibili kwalandelwa uhambo lomhlaba. Kungaleso sikhathi lapho uJerro aziveza khona njengengcweti yokuthuthukisa. Ukuvakasha kwaqoshwa futhi kwenziwa i-albhamu ehlukile ethi Look to the Rainbow. Futhi eminyakeni emibili kamuva, waphinde waklonyeliswa ngendondo ye-Grammy ye-Best Jazz Performance.
Umculi wenza imisebenzi yakhe yomculo ngenkuthalo. Ngo-1981, kwakhululwa i-albhamu yesithathu, i-Breakin 'Away. Kulokhu akekho omangele ukuthi i-albhamu yamukelwe ngemfudumalo ngabagxeki nabalaleli. Futhi ngenxa yalokho, kwaba nemiklomelo emibili ye-Grammy. I-albhamu yesithathu ithathwa njengenye ephumelele kakhulu. Izingoma ezivela ku-albhamu bezithandwa kakhulu. Ingoma ethi After All ithathe indawo ka-26 esilinganisweni sezingoma ze-R&B.
Iminyaka yawo-1980 yaphawulwa isivunguvungu somsebenzi kuJerro. Waqala ukusebenzisana ngenkuthalo nabanye abaculi, futhi waqopha izingoma zamafilimu nezinhlelo zethelevishini. Umculo wakhe wawuzwakala emisebenzini ethi "Night Shift", "Yenza Okulungile!" kanye ne-Detective Agency Moonlight. Iphrojekthi yokuhlanganyela enkulu kunazo zonke ngeminyaka yawo-1980 kwakuyithi We are the World. Bangaphezu kuka-70 abaculi ababambe iqhaza ekwakhiweni kwayo.
I-albhamu yesikhumbuzo kanye nekhefu
Ngo-1992, u-Al Jarreau wakhipha i-albhamu yeminyaka eyishumi ethi Heaven and Earth. Ngemva kwalokho, washintsha kancane ububanzi bemisebenzi yakhe, wahlehlisa umsebenzi we-studio. Lokhu kwakuthinta kuphela ukuqoshwa kwamathrekhi esitudiyo. Waqala ukuvakasha kakhulu, wanikeza inani elikhulu lamakhonsathi, adlalwa emikhosini nasemculo. Lo mculo ubuwukukhiqizwa kwe-Broadway kaGrease ngo-1996.
Ngo-1999, uGerro waba nesiteji esisha - ukusebenza nama-orchestra e-symphony. Umculi wasebenza ohlelweni lwakhe lwe-symphony, futhi wahlela umculo ovela ku-Broadway.
Buyela
Ngo-2000, uJerro wabuyela ekurekhodeni ama-albhamu. Umphumela uba irekhodi Kusasa Namuhla. Manje kwakuphephile ukusho ukuthi umculi uzuze izethameli ezintsha. Lokhu kwenziwe umsebenzi wama-symphony orchestra, futhi izingoma ze-R&B zaheha isizukulwane esisha sabalandeli.
U-Al Jarreau uqhubekile nokudlala emakilabhini, wanikeza amakhonsathi emikhosini futhi waqopha izingoma ezintsha. Ngo-2004, i-albhamu elandelayo ethi Accentuate the Positive yakhululwa. Umsebenzi osebenzayo uqhubeke kwaze kwaba ngu-2010.
Impilo yomuntu siqu ka-Al Jarreau
Umculi akazange abe nokuphila komuntu siqu okunezivunguvungu kakhulu. Nokho, washada kabili. Umshado wokuqala wathatha iminyaka emine kuphela. Khona-ke umdlali we-actress uPhyllis Hall waba ngumdlali okhethiwe. Iminyaka eyisishiyagalolunye akazange axhumanise ngokusemthethweni ukuphila kwakhe nanoma ubani, kwaze kwaba ngo-1977 washada imodeli Susan Player. Emshadweni, baba nendodana.
Iminyaka yokugcina yokuphila: ukugula nokufa
Eminyakeni embalwa ngaphambi kokufa kwakhe, uJerro waqala ukuba nezinkinga zempilo. Kwakunzima ukukwamukela lokhu, ngoba u-Al wayehlala enomdlandla, efanelekile futhi encokola kakhulu. Ngo-2010, ngesikhathi kunekhonsathi eFrance, uJerro wawa. Umculi kwatholakala ukuthi unezinkinga zokuphefumula, futhi kamuva - arrhythmia. Konke kwaphela kahle - watshelwa ukuba enze izivivinyo ezikhethekile futhi watuswa ukuba ahlolwe njalo udokotela. Ngokushesha u-Al wabuyela ekunandiseni.
Eminyakeni emibili kamuva, uJerro waba nenyumoniya, okwaphoqa ukuthi kukhanselwe amakhonsathi amaningana ayehleliwe eFrance. Nokho, kulokhu u-Al walulama ngokugcwele futhi waqhubeka enza.
Ekugcineni, kungaba ukugula, ubudala, noma bonke ndawonye kwaba nethonya labo. NgoFebhuwari 12, 2017, u-Al Jarreau wabulawa ukwehluleka ukuphefumula. Akazange aphile inyanga ngaphambi kokuzalwa kwakhe kweminyaka engama-77. Amahora okugcina empilo yomculi wawachitha nomndeni wakhe.
Lo mculi wangcwatshwa eMemorial Park eHollywood Hills, bude buduze noGeorge Duke.
Izitayela zomculo zomculi
Abagxeki bomculo namanje abakwazi ukunquma ukuthi umsebenzi kaJerro ungowaluphi uhlobo. Umculi wayenezwi eliyingqayizivele futhi engumlingisi womsindo onekhono. Kuthiwa u-Al wayengalingisa noma yiziphi izinsimbi kanye ne-orchestra ngesikhathi esifanayo. Uyena kuphela owine iGrammy emikhakheni emithathu ye-Jazz, Pop ne-R&B. Umculi ubengajwayelekile kwezinye izindawo, njenge-funk, i-pop rock ne-soft rock. Futhi kuzo zonke izinhlobo zomculo, uJerro ubonise amakhono ezwi amangalisayo.
Amaqiniso athakazelisayo ngomculi
- Ngo-2001, u-Al Jarreau waklonyeliswa ngenkanyezi ku-Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- Sekukonke, umculi uqokwe izikhathi ezingu-19 ukuze uthole i-Grammy Award. Wathola imifanekiso eyisikhombisa.
- UGerro uhlukile kweyezindondo zeGrammy, ezintathu ziphuma emikhakheni eyahlukene, okuyinto eyivelakancane kakhulu.
- U-Al Jarreau akakaze alalele umculo emotweni. Wayekholelwa ukuthi umculo omningi ungamenza “angazweli” ebuhleni bawo.
