Today I’d like to celebrate the birthday & legacy of one of my favorite musicians forever , MR. AL JARREAU. I’ve always loved his lyric contribution to the Chick Correa classic, Spain. And especially the song’s intro, I RECALL. I’ve always felt that “I Recall” could stand alone independently as a song. So, I got the idea a few days ago to flip “I RECALL” and gift this remix (rough mix) as a musical birthday card to Al. The ReMix begins with a vocal/drum duet featuring Al and myself. Al’s vocal performance on the duet is from a German TV performance (from the song “Take Five”) in 1976 (I do not own the rights to Al’s vocal performance). Following the drum/vocal duet is “I RECALL” (Ted Jr. ReMix). Al’s vocal performance and the electric piano performance (I think it’s Larry Williams, who’s also a great woodwind player, *google SEAWIND) is from the 1980 project “THIS TIME”. (I do not own the rights to the vocal or electric piano performance of “I RECALL”). I used vocal samples of Al to create the bass, hi hat, and vocal adlib sounds. So here’s to you Al for being such a great inspiration musically and more importantly a great humanitarian. Happy Birthday!

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