Al Jarreau - Mas Que Nada ☆ Live at Montreux • 1993 [HQ AUDIO]

Vocals - Al Jarreau
Drums - Steve Gadd
Bass - Marcus Miller
Piano - Joe Sample
Guitar - Eric Gale
Percussion - Paulinho Da Costa
Keyboards - Philippe Saisse
Horns - Michael "Patches" Stewart
Backing Vocals - Jeff Ramsey
Backing Vocals - Sharon Young
Backing Vocals - Stacy Campbell
Recording Date - July 6, 1993
Clearly an audience favorite, Al Jarreau has made a dozen Montreux appearances to date. Twelve years prior to this 70-minute set from 1993, he was captured live, albeit briefly, alongside Randy Crawford at the venerable Swiss festival, their trio of duets included on the compilation Casino Lights.
Fine as the Jarreau/Crawford pairings are, this ’93 session, released for the first time, showcases the soul-jazz master not only at his vocal peak but also among the most exemplary company of his long, distinguished career: pianist Joe Sample, bassist Marcus Miller and percussionist Paulinho da Costa, as well as R&B guitar virtuoso Eric Gale and drummer Steve Gadd, then recent Stuff alumni.
An inveterate crowd-pleaser, Jarreau builds his 11-track set list primarily around album staples dating back to his 1975 debut, We Got By. Atop Sample’s twinkling intro, he opens with a loose, breezy reading of his biggest chart success, “We’re in This Love Together,” segueing into a lightly funkified “Try a Little Tenderness” and, new to his repertoire, a dense, sinewy “Summertime.” An urgent “Mas Que Nada” is offset by a superbly slow, intense “She’s Leaving Home.” His scat skills get a workout on “You Don’t See Me,” while “Save Your Love for Me” is shaped with cashmere tenderness and “Your Song” shines with skillfully modulated ebullience. Jarreau closes with what would become another signature, “Puddit,” his reimagining of the Sample-penned Crusaders’ hit “Put It Where You Want It.”

[@GregPeters1]

I'm blessed to have saw him sing this live

[@marlae.hutchinson292]

Absolutely!

[@Johnmag1976]

I consider i have been very Lucky. Twice. First was huge concert i Paris 1994, second in tiny communiity centre near Bordeaux 2015. Chills have not stopped.

[@Jacqueline-ge3cw]

Maravilhoso ❤ ❤

[@luisfernandomaldonadogueva7493]

Master scat... Great Al jarreau.....

[@marlae.hutchinson292]

Absolutely!

[@JonAkdogan]

R.I.P.

[@miamyself9897]

Seen him live twice and what a show! RIP.

[@marlae.hutchinson292]

Al Jarreau and musicians playing on this song and background singers🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@dayamyduran2830]

I loved him,prestigious singer,wuooo,!!!@❤🌼

[@euripidesbekos]

So great musicians! But, did they mess up the ending a bit? I think Gadd either saved the day or he took one more round of fills before the final tutti notes? They are so good I can't tell for sure if they were lost for a moment or not...! I count five repeats of the final phrase which is odd

[@dayamyduran2830]

Dimash kudaibergen and Jerrau will be a great duet!!@❤

[@williamhall74]

Is that Joe Sample on the piano?

[@VadimShinnik]

Read the description, everything is clearly written there.

[@octobass1]

2:53 here comes 'the lick'