Accentuate the Positive is an album of songs from the 1940s, recorded in 2004 by singer Al Jarreau.[ Review at allmusic] In 2005 the album received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album.
Track listing "Cold Duck" (Eddie Harris, Jarreau) - 3:46 "The Nearness of You" (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington) - 3:43 "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (Duke Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges, Harry James) - 4:04 "My Foolish Heart" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) - 5:32 "Midnight Sun" (Lionel Hampton, Sonny Burke, Johnny Mercer) - 6:01 "Accentuate the Positive" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 4:03 "Betty Bebop's Song" (Jarreau, Freddie Ravel) - 4:16 "Waltz for Debby" (Bill Evans, Gene Lees) - 4:44 "Groovin' High" (Dizzy Gillespie, Jarreau) - 4:11 "Lotus" (Don Grolnick, Jarreau) - 5:11 "Scootcha Booty" (Russell Ferrante, Jarreau) - 4:26
Personnel Al Jarreau – vocals Larry Williams – keyboards and arrangements (2, 4, 5–10) Larry Goldings – Hammond B3 organ (3) Russell Ferrante – acoustic piano (11) Anthony Wilson – guitars Christian McBride – bass (1, 2, 5, 6, 8–10) Dave Carpenter – bass (4, 7, 11) Mark Simmons – drums (1, 5, 6) Peter Erskine – drums (2–4, 7–11) Luis Conte – percussion (1, 4, 6, 10) Keith Anderson – tenor saxophone (1, 6) Tollak Ollestad – harmonica (5)
Production Bill Darlington – executive producer, management Tommy LiPuma – producer Al Schmitt – recording, mixing Steve Genewick – assistant engineer Doug Sax – mastering Robert Hadley – mastering The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California) – mastering location Shari Sutcliffe – production coordinator Hollis King – art direction Rika Ichiki – design Rocky Schenck – photography Al Jarreau – liner notes
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