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An in-depth chat about the release of the previously unearthed live radio recording of 'Al Jarreau Wow! Live in Performance at the Childe Harold'

Al Jarreau in performance
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Al Jarreau in performance

On the November 23 WBGO Journal...

Host Doug Doyle chats with three individuals directly involved in Al Jarreau Wow! Live in Performance at the Childe Harold, a previously unearthed live recording discovered by Grammy-nominated producer Zev Feldman.

Al Jarreau Wow! Live in Performance at the Childe Harold is a limited-edition 2-LP set being released on November 29 and as a deluxe CD and Digital Download on December 6
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Al Jarreau Wow! Live in Performance at the Childe Harold is a limited-edition 2-LP set being released on November 29 and as a deluxe CD and Digital Download on December 6

Feldman, music journalist and historian A. Scott Galloway and keyboardist and Grammy-nominated arranger and Al Jarreau collaborator Tom Canning talk about the magic behind the recording made in Washington, D.C. in 1976 that was never released until now.

Al Jarreau is the only singer to win Grammy Awards in the Jazz, Pop and R & B categories. He passed in 2017.

Al Jarreau
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Al Jarreau

You can SEE the entire interview about Al Jarreau WOW! here.

Doug Doyle has been News Director at WBGO since 1998 and has taken his department to new heights in coverage and recognition. Doug and his staff have received more than 250 awards from organizations like PRNDI (now PMJA), AP, New York Association of Black Journalists, Garden State Association of Black Journalists and the New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists.