Kuzama kwa mawu a Al Jarreau kumakhudza kwambiri omvera, kumakupangitsani kuiwala chilichonse. Ndipo ngakhale woimbayo sanakhale nafe kwa zaka zingapo, "mafani" ake odzipereka samamuiwala.
Zaka Zoyambirira za Al Jarreau
Tsogolo woimba wotchuka Alvin Lopez Jerro anabadwa March 12, 1940 mu Milwaukee (USA). Banja lake linali lalikulu, bambo ake anali wansembe, ndipo mayi ake anali woimba piyano. Wosewera wam'tsogolo adalumikiza moyo wake ndi nyimbo ali mwana. Kuyambira ali ndi zaka 4, Al pamodzi ndi abale ndi alongo ake ankaimba m’kwaya ya tchalitchi kumene makolo awo ankagwira ntchito. Ntchito imeneyi inali yosangalatsa kwambiri moti Jerro anapitirizabe kuimba mukwaya ali mnyamata. Komanso, banja lonse iwo anachita pa zochitika zosiyanasiyana zachifundo.
Komabe, Al sanagwirizane nthawi yomweyo moyo wake ndi nyimbo. Atamaliza sukulu ya sekondale, Jerro adalowa ku Ripon College mu dipatimenti ya psychology. Pa maphunziro ake, Al anali ndi moyo wokangalika. Iye anali pulezidenti wa bungwe la ophunzira, wothamanga. Komanso, anapitiriza chinthu ankakonda - nyimbo maphunziro. Jarreau adasewera ndi magulu osiyanasiyana am'deralo, koma adamaliza ndi The Indigos, quartet yomwe inkasewera jazi.
Atamaliza maphunziro awo ku koleji ndi kulandira digiri ya bachelor, woimbayo adaganiza zopitiriza maphunziro ake apadera ndipo adalowa ku yunivesite ya Iowa. Anamaliza maphunziro ake mu 1964 ndipo anayamba kugwira ntchito ngati mlangizi wa zachipatala ku San Francisco.
Komabe, nyimbo "sanalole" wa woimba wamng'ono. Ku San Francisco, Jerro anakumana ndi George Duke. Kuyambira pamenepo, wakhala mbali ya atatu ake jazz. Mgwirizanowu unatha zaka zingapo.
Mu 1967 anapanga duet ndi gitala Julio Martinez. Oyimba adayimba ku Gatsby's ndipo kenako adasamukira ku Los Angeles. Iwo anakhala nyenyezi zenizeni m'deralo, ndi Jerro anasankha tsoka - kulumikiza moyo wake ndi nyimbo. Ndiyeno panali zoimbaimba, maulendo, kujambula ndi chiwerengero chachikulu cha mphoto.
Chiyambi cha njira yolenga ya Al Jarreau
Jerro ndi Martinez adasewera m'magulu ambiri. Nthawi zina ngakhale "kutsegula" kwa oimba ena, monga John Belushi. M'kupita kwa nthawi, atolankhani anayamba kulabadira oimba, zomwe zinachititsa kuti kutchuka. Panthaŵi imodzimodziyo, Jerro anachita chidwi ndi zachipembedzo ndipo anayamba kulemba yekha nyimbo. N’zosadabwitsa kuti maganizo achipembedzo a woimbayo anali mwa iwo.
Chapakati pa zaka za m'ma 1970, Jerro anagwirizana ndi woimba piyano Tom Canning. Woyimbayo adawonedwa ndi omwe amapanga Warner Records, omwe posakhalitsa adalemba nawo chimbale chake choyambira Tinapeza. Ngakhale otsutsa anali osamala powunika kwawo, omvera adavomereza chimbalecho. Komanso, ku Germany, adalandira Mphotho ya Grammy ya Best New Foreign Solo Artist. Choncho, woimbayo chidwi omvera European.
Al Jarreau sanachedwe ndipo adatsata chimbale choyamba ndikuphatikiza kwachiwiri, Glow (1976). Ndipo, ndithudi, chimbalecho chinapambananso Grammy. Kutulutsidwa kwa chimbale chachiwiri kunatsatiridwa ndi ulendo wapadziko lonse. Apa m'pamene Jerro anadziulula kuti ndi katswiri wokonza zinthu. Ulendowu udajambulidwa ndikupanga chimbale chosiyana cha Look to the Rainbow. Ndipo patatha zaka ziwiri, adalandiranso Mphotho ya Grammy chifukwa chakuchita bwino kwambiri kwa Jazz.
Woimbayo ankagwira ntchito zake zoimba mwakhama. Mu 1981, chimbale chachitatu, Breakin 'Away, chinatulutsidwa. Panthawiyi palibe amene adadabwa kuti chimbalecho chinalandiridwa mwachikondi ndi otsutsa ndi omvera. Ndipo zotsatira zake, panali mphoto ziwiri za Grammy. Album yachitatu imatengedwa kuti ndi imodzi mwazopambana kwambiri. Nyimbo zachimbalezo zinali zotchuka kwambiri. Nyimbo ya After All idatenga malo a 26 pamlingo wa nyimbo za R&B.
Zaka za m'ma 1980 zidadziwika ndi mkuntho wa ntchito kwa Jerro. Anayamba kugwirizana kwambiri ndi oimba ena, komanso kujambula nyimbo za mafilimu ndi ma TV. Nyimbo zake zinkamveka mu ntchito "Night Shift", "Chitani Zoyenera!" ndi Detective Agency Moonlight. Ntchito yothandizana kwambiri m'ma 1980 inali We are the World. Oyimba oposa 70 adatenga nawo gawo pakulenga kwake.
Album yachikondwerero ndi kupuma
Mu 1992, Al Jarreau adatulutsa chimbale chokumbukira zaka khumi Kumwamba ndi Dziko lapansi. Pambuyo pake, iye anasintha pang'ono kukula kwa ntchito zake, kuchedwetsa ntchito situdiyo. Izi zimangokhudza kujambula nyimbo mu studio. Iye anayamba kuyendera kwambiri, anapereka chiwerengero chachikulu cha zoimbaimba, anachita pa zikondwerero ndi nyimbo. Nyimboyi inali yopanga Broadway ya Grease mu 1996.
Mu 1999, Gerro anali ndi gawo latsopano - ntchito ndi symphony oimba. Woimbayo adagwira ntchito pa pulogalamu yake ya symphony, komanso adakonza nyimbo kuchokera ku Broadway.
Bwererani
Mu 2000, Jerro adayambiranso kujambula ma Albums. Zotsatira zake ndi mbiri Mawa Lero. Tsopano zinali zomveka kunena kuti woimbayo adagonjetsa omvera atsopano. Izi zidatheka chifukwa chogwira ntchito ndi oimba a symphony, ndipo nyimbo za R&B zidakopa mafani achichepere.
Al Jarreau anapitiriza kuchita m'makalabu, anapereka zoimbaimba pa zikondwerero ndi kujambula kugunda kwatsopano. Mu 2004, chimbale chotsatira cha Accentuate the Positive chinatulutsidwa. Ntchito yogwira idapitilira mpaka 2010.
Moyo wa Al Jarreau
Woimbayo analibe moyo wovuta kwambiri. Komabe, anakwatiwa kawiri. Ukwati woyamba unatha zaka zinayi zokha. Ndiye wosewera Phyllis Hall anakhala wosankhidwa. Kwa zaka zisanu ndi zinayi sanagwirizane ndi moyo wake ndi aliyense, mpaka mu 1977 anakwatira chitsanzo Susan Player. Mu ukwati, iwo anali ndi mwana wamwamuna.
Zaka zomaliza za moyo: matenda ndi imfa
Zaka zingapo asanamwalire, Jerro anayamba kudwala. Zinali zovuta kuvomereza izi, chifukwa Al anali wokangalika nthawi zonse, wokwanira komanso woseka kwambiri. Mu 2010, pa konsati ku France, Jerro anakomoka. Woimbayo anapezeka ndi vuto la kupuma, ndipo kenako - arrhythmia. Chilichonse chinatha bwino - adauzidwa kuti azichita masewera olimbitsa thupi apadera ndipo adalangizidwa kuti aziyesedwa nthawi zonse. Al posakhalitsa anabwerera kukayimba.
Patatha zaka ziwiri, Jerro adadwala chibayo, chomwe chinakakamiza kuletsa ma concert angapo omwe adakonzedwa ku France. Komabe, panthawiyi Al anachira ndipo anapitirizabe kuchita.
Pamapeto pake, mwina matenda, zaka, kapena onse pamodzi adasokoneza. Pa February 12, 2017, Al Jarreau anamwalira chifukwa cholephera kupuma. Sanakhale ndi moyo mwezi umodzi usanafike zaka 77. Maola omaliza a moyo wa woimbayo adakhala ndi banja lake.
Woimbayo anaikidwa m'manda ku Memorial Park ku Hollywood Hills, pafupi ndi George Duke.
Mitundu yanyimbo ya ojambula
Otsutsa nyimbo sangathe kusankha kuti ntchito ya Jerro ndi yanji. Woyimbayo anali ndi liwu lapadera ndipo anali waluso wotsanzira mawu. Zinanenedwa kuti Al akhoza kutsanzira zida zilizonse ndi okhestra panthawi imodzimodzi. Anali yekhayo amene adapambana Grammy m'magulu atatu a Jazz, Pop ndi R&B. Woimbayo sanali wachilendo ku mbali zina, monga funk, pop rock ndi rock yofewa. Ndipo m'mitundu yonse, Jerro adawonetsa luso la mawu odabwitsa.
Zosangalatsa za woyimba
- Mu 2001, Al Jarreau adalandira nyenyezi pa Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- Pazonse, woimbayo adasankhidwa kuti apereke mphoto ya Grammy ka 19. Analandira ziboliboli zisanu ndi ziwiri.
- Gerro ndi wapadera mu mphoto zonse za Grammy, zitatu ndizochokera m'magulu osiyanasiyana, zomwe ndizosowa kwambiri.
- Al Jarreau sanamvere nyimbo mgalimoto. Ankakhulupirira kuti nyimbo zambiri zozungulira zingamupangitse kuti asakhale "tcheru" ndi kukongola kwake.
