Al Jarreau ~ Similar Artists

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George Benson - 91% match to Al Jarreau

22 March 1943, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. This guitarist and singer successfully planted his feet in both the modern jazz and easy-listening pop camps in the mid-70s when jazz pop as well as jazz rock became a most lucrative proposition. Before a move to New York in 1963, he... Read more

Lee Ritenour - 91% match to Al Jarreau

Lee Mack Ritenour, 1 November 1952, Los Angeles, California, USA. The prolific Ritenour has established himself as one of the world's leading jazz fusion guitarists with a series of accessible albums over the past two decades. Known as "Captain Fingers", Ritenour became a... Read more

David Sanborn - 89% match to Al Jarreau

30 July 1945, Tampa, Florida, USA. Sanborn's virtuosity has now spanned four decades, taking him from being a band member (with the seminal Paul Butterfield) to a leading session player for artists such as David Bowie, James Taylor and Stevie Wonder. His is the alto saxophone... Read more

Michael Franks - 84% match to Al Jarreau

18 September 1944, La Jolla, California, USA. As a young teenager, Franks began singing to his own guitar accompaniment. He drew his eclectic repertoire from a broad field including folk music and aspects of the blues. He also began composing in the blues idiom, performing his... Read more

Bobby Caldwell - 70% match to Al Jarreau

15 August 1951, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. Bobby Caldwell first hit the US pop charts with the self-penned jazz ballad "What You Won't Do For Love", which reached number 9 in early 1979. He played all the instruments on his self-titled album, which featured the... Read more

Earl Klugh - 66% match to Al Jarreau

16 September 1953, Detroit, Michigan, USA. Jazz guitarist Klugh has an unorthodox style in that when he sits down he rests the guitar on his right knee instead of the left. After studying piano and nylon string guitar as a child, Klugh settled on the latter instrument. While... Read more

Gino Vannelli - 62% match to Al Jarreau

Dave Grusin - 59% match to Al Jarreau

26 June 1934, Littleton, Colorado, USA. Grusin played piano semi-professionally while studying at the University of Colorado, and almost abandoned music to become a veterinary surgeon (he later stated, "I'm still not sure I made the right decision, a lot of dead cows might still... Read more

Arthur Fiedler - 58% match to Al Jarreau

Chick Corea - 54% match to Al Jarreau

Armando Anthony Corea, 12 June 1941, Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA. After a very musical home environment, pianist Corea's first notable professional engagements were in the Latin bands of Mongo Santamaría and Willie Bobo (1962-63), playing a style of music that continues... Read more