Heaven and Earth (Al Jarreau album)

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Heaven and Earth
Al Jarreau Heaven and Earth cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 22, 1992
StudioTarpan Studios, San Rafael, California
Genre Vocal jazz, R&B
Length46:59
Label Reprise
Producer Narada Michael Walden, Louis Biancaniello, Frank Martin
Al Jarreau chronology
Heart's Horizon
(1988)
Heaven and Earth
(1992)
Tenderness
(1994)

Heaven and Earth is a studio album by Al Jarreau. It was produced by Narada Michael Walden [1] and Louis Biancaniello. The album won Jarreau the Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male, in 1993. Essentially a collection of R&B songs produced with the artist's jazz and pop sensibilities in mind, Heaven and Earth contains a two-part cover of the Miles Davis tune "Blue in Green", from Davis's Kind of Blue , that demonstrates Jarreau's considerable prowess as a vocal interpreter and scat singer.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "What You Do to Me" – 4:35 (Larry Batiste, Louis Biancaniello, Claytoven Richardson, Narada Michael Walden)
  2. "It's Not Hard to Love You" – 6:11 (Sally Jo Dakota, Skyler Jett, Kevin Walden, Narada Michael Walden)
  3. "Blue Angel" – 5:08 (Jett, Jennifer Miro, Narada Michael Walden)
  4. "Heaven and Earth" – 4:27 (Louis Biancaniello, Linda Biancaniello)
  5. "Superfine Love" – 5:24 (Louis Biancaniello, Jeffrey Cohen, Narada Michael Walden)
  6. "Whenever I Hear Your Name" – 5:28 (Cohen, Walden)
  7. "Love of My Life" – 4:01 (Jarreau, Jett, Miro, Walden)
  8. "If I Break" – 5:47 (Jarreau, Mike Mani, Walden)
  9. "(Blue in Green) Tapestry; The Dedication" – 2:53 (Miles Davis, Jarreau)
  10. "(Blue in Green) Tapestry; The Dance" – 3:27 (Davis, Jarreau)

Personnel

Production

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References

  1. Ginell, Richard S. "Heaven and Earth". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 October 2018.