![]() ![]() By the time we reach the feel-good hit 'Mornin',' the productions have become more intricate, polished, and comfortable, suitable either for dancing or making out, with little room for the old vocal spontaneity. With 'Never Givin' Up' and 'Roof Garden,' the transition away from jazz begins. Early Latin-flavored tracks from the mid-'70s, like 'Agua de Beber,' 'Take Five,' and 'Spain,' reveal a unique jazz voice with extraordinary rhythmic flexibility and an angular, scattershot, unpredictable approach to a tune that must have been as startling to audiences as Lambert, Hendricks & Ross were when they broke through. This is one intelligently programmed greatest-hits album, for after leading with two fine, new 1996 tracks, 'Compared to What' and 'Goodhands Tonight,' the CD actually becomes a cogent chronological account of Jarreau's 20 years with the label - and a most revealing one at that.
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